 | Singletary, Steven J, Hanson, Richard E, Martin, Mark W, Crowley, James L, Bowring, Samuel A, Key, Roger M, Ramokate, Lepate V, Direng, Brets B, Krol, Michael A (2003) Geochronology of basement rocks in the Kalahari Desert, Botswana, and implications for regional Proterozoic tectonics. Precambrian Research, 121 (1) 47-71 doi:10.1016/s0301-9268(02)00201-2 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geochronology of basement rocks in the Kalahari Desert, Botswana, and implications for regional Proterozoic tectonics...Geological Survey Department, Private Bag 14, Lobatse, Botswana e Department of Earth Sciences and Geography,...and drill-core samples in the Kalahari Desert, Botswana constrain the distribution and temporal evolution...outboard of older crustal provinces in eastern Botswana. The subsurface part of this orogen includes a...a granitic-gneissic terrain in northern Botswana that records plutonism and amphibolite-grade deformation |  | | Report (issue) | | -i- REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT NO. 3 RESOURCES _JNVENTORY INDUSTRIALĀ·Ā· ROCKS...ROCKS N. OF BOTSWANA: AND MINERALS w. D. MASSEY, B. SC. PRICE TWO RAND PUBLISHED BY GEOLOGICAL PRINTED...DEPARTMENT, PRINTER, LOBAT GABORONE, BoT E, BOTSWANA WANA MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT NO. 3 RESOURCES...RESOURCES INVENTORY INDUSTRIAL ROCKS N. w. D. OF BOTSWANA: AND MINERALS MASSEY, B. SC. CONTENTS Abstract...Introduction 2. A brief outline of the geology of Botswana 3. Asbestos 4. Barytes 5. Clays: 5. l Brickearths |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Southeastern Botswana: implications for crustal evolution R.B.M. Mapeo University of Botswana, Private Bag...Bag 0022, Gaborone, Botswana. e-mail: mapeorbm@mopipi.ub.bw R.A. Armstrong Research School of Earth...A.B. Kampunzu University of Botswana, Private Bag 0022, Gaborone, Botswana e-mail: kampunzu@mopipi.ub...Geological Survey Department, Private Bag 14, Lobatse, Botswana e-mail: lvramokate@gov.bw Ā© 2004 Geological Society...Amalia-Kraaipan granite-greenstone terrain of southeast Botswana yielded dates of: 2939Ā±9 Ma for the biotite granite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mapping of the Francistown area in northeastern Botswana by surface temperature and spectral emissivity...units in the Francistown area in northeastern Botswana by using Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission...allowed us to identify maļ¬c-to-ultramaļ¬c units and quartz-rich felsic units. Maļ¬c-to-ultramaļ¬c units such...albedos and they have a lower thermal inertia. Quartz-rich felsic units such as granite and dry river...TIR FCC image because the spectral emissivity of quartz is lower in the 8ā9 Ī¼m region (bands 10 and 12) |  | Kooganne, Amogelang, Imai, Akira, Agangi, Andrea, Takahashi, Ryohei (2021) Geology, mineralogy, and sulfur isotopes of the Mowana copper deposit, Matsitama Schist Belt, NE Botswana. Resource Geology, 71 (4) 320-338 doi:10.1111/rge.12263 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mowana copper deposit, Matsitama Schist Belt, NE Botswana Amogelang Kooganne1 | Akira Imai2 | Andrea Agangi1...the Zimbabwe Craton in the northeastern part of Botswana. This study aims to document the characteristics...characteristics of the mineralization based on geology, quartz textures, ore mineralogy, chlorite geothermometry...The first mineralization type, represented by the quartz+calciteĀ±K-feldspar veins and breccias is characterized...of galena. The Type 2 veins represented by the quartz +calciteĀ±fluorite veins, host appreciable amounts |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1118-1147 The Sediment-Hosted NgwakoPanCopperDeposit,Botswana M.O. SCHWARTZ, Bundesanstalt fiir Geowissenschafien...AKANYANG, Geological Survey,P.O.Box14, Lobatse, Botswana K. TRIPPLER, Bundesanstalt fiir Geowissenschaften...NGWISANYI Geological Survey,P.O.Box14, Lobatse, Botswana Abstract The strata-bound NgwakoPan copperdepositis...250-km-long Neoproterozoic GhanziRidgein northwestern Botswana. Thesulfidemineralization occurs in thelowermost...1989;Sweeney and Binda,1989). tralNamibiato northwestern Botswana (Fig.1).TheNgwako Thesetwocopperbeltshavesimilarities |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | KEY 219 Bushveld-age magmatism in southeastern Botswana: evidence from U-Pb zircon and titanite geochronology... B. Kampunzu University of Botswana, Private Bag 0022, Gaborone, Botswana. e-mails: mapeorbm@mopipi.ub...Geological Survey Department, Private Bag 14, Lobatse, Botswana. e-mail: lvramokate@gov.bw F. Corfu Jack Satterly... ABSTRACT The Moshaneng Complex (southeastern Botswana) consists of a suite of coarse-to-medium-grained...igneous province extending from South Africa into Botswana. Introduction The Bushveld Complex has attracted |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | granitoids in the Vumba granite greenstone terrain (NE Botswana): Implications for the evolution of the Archaean...Department of Geology, University of Botswana, Private Bag 0022, Gaborone, Botswana Department of Geological Sciences...in the Vumba granite /greenstone terrain in NE Botswana. Based on structural and petrographic features...the Matsitama granite /greenstone terrain in NE Botswana. The oldest zircon age (27339/5 Ma) in the Vumba...suggests that the Neoarchaean granitoids from NE Botswana might be correlated to the Sesombi granitoids |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the evolution of Proterozoic crust in northern Botswana R.B.M. Mapeo and A.B. Kampunzu Department ofGeology...University ofBotswana, Private Bag 0022, Gaborone, Botswana E-mail: mapeorbm@mopipi.ub.bw; kampunzu@mopipi... Abstract ā The Precambrian rocks of northern Botswana comprise poorly exposed igneous complexes, high-grade...rocks collected from the Shakawe area in northern Botswana. These data show three main age groups at c. 1020...The Neoproterozoic GhanziāChobe Supergroup of Botswana (Figure 1) is a lateral equivalent of the Damara |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Congo, along with its broad time equivalents in Botswana and Namibia (the Kalahari Copperbelt), is the...is ubiquitously accompanied by sulfide-bearing quartz-carbonate veins and veinlets. Traditionally, this...metamorphosed and deformed in some deposits in Zambia, Botswana, and Namibia. In conjunction, these observations...broadly contemporaneous copper-silver prospects of Botswana and Namibia (the Kalahari Copperbelt; Borg and...Congo as well as in the Kalahari Copperbelt of Botswana and Namibia. The observations that underpin this |  | Mondillo, Nicola, Boni, Maria, Balassone, Giuseppina, Forrester, Nigel, Putzolu, Francesco, Santoro, Licia (2020) Mineralogy and Genesis of the Kihabe Zn-Pb-V Prospect, Aha Hills, Northwest Botswana. Minerals, 10 (8) 685 doi:10.3390/min10080685 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Kihabe Zn-Pb-V Prospect, Aha Hills, Northwest Botswana Nicola Mondillo 1,2, *, Maria Boni 1,2 , Giuseppina...is located at the boundary between Namibia and Botswana (Aha Hills, Ngamiland District) in a strongly...in this part of Botswana from the Late Cretaceous to the Miocene. Keywords: Botswana; Aha Hills; sulfides;...Introduction Mineral exploration and mining in Botswana has been historically dominated by diamonds and...Cu-Ag deposits intensified in western parts of Botswana, in the so-called Kalahari Copper Belt (KCB) [1] |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pp. 139-156 Gold, BaseMetals, and Diamondsin Botswana j. w. BALDOCK, J. V. HEPWORTH, ANDB. S. MARENGWA...delineated in the Damaran mobile belt of northwestern Botswana. The geological environment of the latter is similar...other isolatedpipes have been detectedin southern Botswana. The metallogenicevolution of the various mineral...Introduction Geological Framework of Botswana MINERAL exploration in Botswana hascontinued to S.uperficialdepositsof...mineral mantle some80 percentof the surfaceof Botswana. resourceswas written some10 years ago (Boocock |  | McCarthy, T.S., McIver, J.R., Cairncross, B., Ellery, W.N., Ellery, Karen (1989) The inorganic chemistry of peat from the Maunachira channel-swamp system, Okavango Delta, Botswana. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 53 (5) 1077-1089 doi:10.1016/0016-7037(89)90212-3 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from the Maunachira channel-swamp Okavango Delta, Botswana system, T. S. MCCARTHYā, J. R. MCIVERā, B. CAIRNCROSSā...situated in the semi-arid Kalahari basin of northern Botswana. Seasonal floodwaters from tropical Angola disperse...the peat are: allochthonous kaolinite (40%) and quartz (20%) and both allochthonous and autochthonous...studies. THE 18000 km2 Okavango Delta of northern Botswana (Fig. 1) represents the terminal depository of...microscopy. Determination of quartz content of peat A sample of pure quartz sand from the Okavango Delta |  | Brandt, D., Holmes, H., Reimold, W. U., Paya, B. K., Koeberl, C., Hancox, P. J. (2002) Kgagodi Basin: The first impact structure recognized in Botswana. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 37 (12) 1765-1779 doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2002.tb01162.x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Basin: The first impact structure recognized in Botswana D. BRANDT!, H. HOLMES2, W. U. REIl\10LD!*, B....of Geological Survey, Private Bag 14, Lobatse, Botswana 3Institute of Geochemistry, University of Vienna...27Ā°34.4' E and latitude 22Ā°28.6' S in eastern Botswana, has been confirmed as a meteorite impact structure...planar deformation features in quartz and feldspar; diaplectic quartz, and partially and completely isotropized...sensing studies (e.g., Master and Reimold, 2000). Botswana is a country of 582 000 Ian2 area in southern |  | PIESTRZYÅSKI, A., WENDORFF, M., LETSHOLO, M., MACKAY, W. (2015) PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS IN THE NEOPROTEROZOIC STRATABOUND COPPER-SILVER MINERALISATION, THE KALAHARI COPPERBELT, NORTHWESTERN BOTSWANA. South African Journal of Geology, 118 (3) 275-284 doi:10.2113/gssajg.118.3.275 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALISATION, THE KALAHARI COPPERBELT, NORTHWESTERN BOTSWANA A. PIESTRZY NĢSKI AND M. WENDORFF AGH University...Krakow, Poland Discovery Metals Botswana; PO Box AB156, ABC, Gaborone, Botswana e-mail: maatlaletsholo@ymail...W. MACKAY Discovery Metals Botswana; PO Box AB156, ABC, Gaborone, Botswana e-mail: wallace@discoverymetals...Group metasedimentary succession, of northwestern Botswana shows a potential for hosting precious metals...minerals forming a veinlet cross-cutting a larger quartz-calcite vein. The BSE image shows two mineral phases |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the semi-arid environment of the Okavango Delta, Botswana T.S. McCarthy a and J. Metcalfeb''~ aDepartment...Okavango Delta, Botswana. Chem. Geol., 89:157-178. The Okavango basin of northern Botswana is an area of...surfaces. However, in the Okavango basin of northern Botswana, unusual depositional conditions exist in which...Delta The Okavango Delta, situated in northern Botswana (Fig. 1 ), is a large alluvial fan (22,000 km...CHEMICAL SEDIMENTATION IN THE OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA perennial swamps, seasonal fluctuations are < |  | | Journal (issue) | | interpretation of Landsat imagery and air photography of Botswana Overseas Geology and Mineral Resources D. I...pattern 30 Northern Botswana 31 Western Botswana (north of the Makgadikgadi Line) 32 Botswana south-east of...of north-west Botswana 1 ā¢ 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Key to Landsat 1 scenes of Botswana used as base...rocks of the Molopo Valley near Khuis, south-west Botswana 10 Sketch section across the Tuli- Sabi Karoo...Karoo syncline in the region of Bobonong, east Botswana 15 Structures in the Victoria Falls- Kazungular Karoo |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | LEADS IN THE MATSITAMA SCHIST BELT OF NORTHERN BOTSWANA P.G. COOMER, M.P. COWARD and B.C. LINTERN* Department...Britain) Bamangwato Concessions Ltd., Francistown (Botswana) (Received January 23, 1976; revision accepted...northern Botswana. Precambrian Res., 5: 23--41. The Matsitama schist belt in northeastern Botswana comprises...INTRODUCTION The Matsitama schist belt of northeast Botswana (Fig.l) comprises a large area of metasediments...the regional granite-gneiss complex of eastern Botswana. The Matsitama schist belt is critical for any |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | radiometric data establish a minimum age for the Zoetlief quartz porphyries (2500-2700 m.y.) proving them younger...gneiss); followed upward by acid lavas (porphyrite and quartz porphyries) and layered tufts (pyroclasts). The...outcrops of similar rocks can be followed into Botswana where a prominent succession of felsite is currently...the Zoetlief System (Botswana Geological Survey Map 1966). In southern Botswana the succession apparently...briefly: Samples C1-A and C1-B: Two samples of quartz porphyry taken 100 yards apart from the type locality |  | Bineli Betsi, Thierry, Mokane, Lebogang, McFarlane, Chris, Phili, Kelebogile, Kelepile, Tebogo (2020) Multistage gold mineralization events in the Archean Tati greenstone Belt, northeast Botswana: Constraints from integrative white mica Ar/Ar, garnet U-Pb and sulfides Pb/Pb geochronology. Precambrian Research, 339. 105623 doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2020.105623 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in the Archean Tati Greenstone Belt, northeast Botswana: constraints from integrative white mica Ar/Ar...in the Archean Tati Greenstone Belt, northeast Botswana: constraints from integrative white mica Ar/Ar...the Archean Tati Greenstone Belt, 2 northeast Botswana: constraints from integrative white mica Ar/Ar...Private Bag 16, Palapye, Botswana. of Mining and Geological Engineering, Botswana International University...Private Bag 16, Palapye, Botswana. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Botswana International University |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | results from nearly isothermal decompression in the quartz-undersaturated portions of the grid, and that gedrite...Tsunogae et al., 1992 ). The studied area (eastern Botswana, Fig. 1) corresponds to the western and northern...IC A L S E T TI N G The Central Zone in eastern Botswana is subdivided into four major lithostratigraphic...Marginal Zone; SMZ, Southern Marginal Zone; B, Botswana; Z, Zimbabwe; SA, South Africa. Box shows the...Zimbabwe Craton, respectively ( Fig. 2). In eastern Botswana, Wakefield (1977) noted that intermediate-pressure |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE EVOLUTION OF THE ARCHAEAN CRUST OF NORTHEAST BOTSWANA ROGER M. K E Y ~, M A R T I N LITHERLAND 2...W O R T H 2 x Geological Survey Department (Botswana) and Instituteof Geological Sciences, London (Great...The evolution of the Archaean crust of northeast Botswana. Precambrian Res., 3: 375--413. Some 1800 km 2...have been mapped (the Eastern Geotraverse of the Botswana Geological Survey, Geodynamics Project) including...being of similar grades. In many respects the Botswana Eastern Geotraverse area resembles other Archaean |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | HUTTON Geological Survey Department, Lobatse (Botswana) (Received November 8, 1974; revision accepted...that the Tuli-Sabi Straightening Zone dies out in Botswana at Moshakabela, and it is reasoned that the mobile...vicinity. It does not extend into central and western Botswana beneath the Karroo and Kalahari cover. Detailed...examination of ERTS--1 imagery of northeastern Botswana strengthens these deductions. The Tuli-Sabi Straightening...southwards at the international boundary between Botswana and Rhodesia. The existence of a fold belt trending |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Okavango Delta system in the Middle Kalahari of Botswana, and proposes that they provide an analogue for...distal end of the Okavango Delta system in northern Botswana (Shaw ~ Upper Chalk escarpment l..l..1.l..l...well-cemented homogeneous fine- to medium-grained quartz sandstone with a saccharoidal texture and slightly...slightly crumbly fracture. Occasional coarse quartz grains are present with some white clasts, most probably...predominantly quartz grains cemented by an interlocking mosaic of optically continuous quartz overgrowths |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Supergroup stromatolitic dolostones (Kanye Basin, Botswana) Fulvio Franchi PII: DOI: Reference: S0301-9268(17)30546-6...Supergroup stromatolitic dolostones (Kanye Basin, Botswana), Precambrian Research (2018), doi: https://doi...(Kanye Basin, Botswana) Fulvio Franchi1 1. Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Botswana International...and Technology (BIUST), Private Bag 16, Palapye, BOTSWANA ABSTRACT The 2.5 Ga stromatolitic dolostones...Lower Transvaal Supergroup in the Kanye Basin (Botswana) pre-dates the first iron deposits, recording |
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