RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, VOL. 20, ES5003, doi:10.2205/2020ES000703, 2020

Figure 1. Geological structure and section of the North-West managnese Deposit, South Africa: (a), 1 – exploration pits, 2 – sinkholes (P), 3 – faults, 4 – paleochannels , 5 – shales (P1), 6 – manganiferous Malmani Dolomites (Ar$_2^m$), 7 – quartzite of the Black Reef (Ar$_1$), 8 – shales and subordinate sandstones (Ar$_1$), 9 – gold - bearing conglomerates and subordinate sandstones (Ar$_1$), 10 – diamictites, conglomerates and Sandstones (Ar$_1$). (b), 1 – sampling points, 2 – exploration pits along profile A–B, 3 – manganese nodules (N), 4 – powdered manganese wad with a layer of shale ($K_2$), 5 – manganiferous dolomite (Ar$_2^m$). (c), 1 – pre-Transvaal formations (Ar$_1$), 2 – manganiferous Malmani Dolomites (Ar$_2^m$), 3 – Rooiberg felsites (Kr), 4 – mafic rocks of the Bushveld Complex (Kr), 5 – granites and granophyres of the Lebowa Granite Suite (Kr), 6 – alkaline complexes post-Bushveld (Rf$_2$), 7 – faults and 8 –major towns.

 
Citation: Pharoe Benedick Kinshasa, A. N. Evdokimov, I. M. Gembitskaya, Christopher Baiyegunhi, Zusakhe Nxantsiya (2020), Mineralogy, geochemistry and geological occurrence of supergene manganese ore mineralization in North West Province, South Africa, Russ. J. Earth Sci., 20, ES5003, doi:10.2205/2020ES000703.
 

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