Louis Moore Mine, Giyani Greenstone Belt, Greater Giyani Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africai
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
23° 12' 54'' South , 30° 41' 53'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Mine (Backfilled) - last checked 2020
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Giyani | 37,024 (2012) | 9.9km |
| Thohoyandou | 44,046 (2012) | 37.0km |
| Ga-Kgapane | 13,000 (2013) | 67.9km |
Mindat Locality ID:
257539
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:257539:4
GUID (UUID V4):
581783c0-fd87-4585-8abd-e662f8c875a1
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Louise Moore Mine
Gold mineralization at Louis Moore mine is restricted to a shear zone within massive ultramafic granulites, near the contact with the tonalitic to trondhjemitic Klein Letaba gneiss. The ore bodies occur in carbonate and biotite rich, olivine and orthopyroxene-beating partially hydrated ultramafic granulite within chlorite schist. Microscopically gold has been observed in bands of serpentine truncating olivine, along cleavage planes in orthopyroxene
and as inclusions in calcite. A Rb-Sr age of approximately 2506 f 50 Ma for biotite from pegmatite intruding the ore body is a minimum constraint on the time of mineralization (van Reenen et al., 1994).
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