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The author wishes to express his appreciationto the management of Rio Tinto (Rhodesia) Ltd. forpermission to publish this thesis.

For their close co-operation and help the authorwishes to thank the following members and former members of the Rio Tinto Group, Dr. J. V.'. H . _Sharpe, Dr. P. r • _ C o l l e n d e r , Messrs. W. V. Rickards, G. Logan, T. h._Dane, p. B. Batty, G. C. Bluett, R. Gersteling, T. Blyth,F. van Tender, P. Connear, P. Luxat and J . Grabe.

The a u t h o r g r a t e f u l l y a c k n o w l e d g e s t h e h e l p

r e n d e r e d h i m by h i s s u p e r v i s o r P r o f e s s o r L. M e n d e l s s o h n ,

as w e l l as m e m b e r s o f s t a f f i n the d e p a r t m e n t o f g e o l o g y

at t h e U n i v e r s i t y of t h e W i t w a t e r a r a n d .

Thanks are due to Kiss M. V/aghom, Miss L. Delland Mrs. K. I’ahrbach for the typing of this thesis.

To my wife, Diana, and my parents Dr. ana Mrs.r . IT. Johnson, my sincerest gratitude ior -heirencouraging and continuous support.

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AiTHAEUL SER, C . ROERING-, C. , VILJOEN, M.J., VILJOEM, R. P.

BATEMAN, A. M.

De SITTER, L.

EMviONS, W. H.

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Pig. 1. An aerial photograph of the iickstone Mine. Scale:- 1:25,000. Photographed in June, 1966.

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PLATE II

Fig. 2. Picks tone Mine plant and the slimes, andflotation tailings dams. Mcmbi River trans­gressing lov/er group of Shamvaian grits, the Pickstone oblique-dip fault, and low, even country of undifferentiated sediments of the upper group of the Shamvaian System.

Fig. 3. Burnett Shaft headgear with rough ore-bin situated behind the compressor water- cooling tank.

PLATE III

4. Low, mature, terrain of the Rhodesde 5 Lranite uatholith, and peripheral gold-belt rooks of higher relief. Plic to graph taken from the top. of Duchess Hill looking towards the southwest.

5. Weathered slabs of highly sheared and foliated felsJ te and quartz-porphyry. These rocks fon-i the south wall-rock of the Pickstone banded , iaspilite host rock.

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PLATE IV

Allow

Fig# 6. Steeply-dipping contact between sheared pillow lava of the Bulawayan System and grits of the Shamvaian System, exposed in the dry bed of tneMombi River.

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Pig. 7 High ridge of Shamvaian gri a 3.0 Qparallel ridge of Peerless l i i i e s t o ,-^ out­cropping behind the Pickst. :lr 16

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Pig. 0. Old surface workings of the Picks tone banded jaspilite host rock on Concession Hill.

Pig. 9. An ore spec'«en showing two parallel, milhy — arts fracture

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Granite etook. Irregular grains of epidote surrounded by green biotite flakes.

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L4. Speckled chlorite schist, Bulawayan System. Complete sericitization of felspars giving sericitic and chlorite lenticules•

X 70

1 F'

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15. Felaite extrusive, Bulawayan System. ubirefringent cryptocrystalline pyrophylliteformed by recrystallization of originalfelsite constituents

X 300 X - Nicols

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Q u a r tz -P o rp h y ry , Bulawayan System, Sheared and c ra cke d q u a r tz p h e n o c rys t in a c ry p to c r y s t a l l i n e groundmass o f p y r o p h y l l i t e and

q u a r tz .X 30X - N ic o ls

F ig . lb

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XX - Nicols

PLATE X

Banded jaspilite host rock, Bulawayan Systen. Euhcdral and subhedral cry-, taie o f a rs e n c p y r ite and pyrite, showing preferential replacement the chemically favourable siderite bands.

X 30X - Nicole

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PLATE XI

Pig. 20. Banded jaspiiite host rock, Bulawayan System.Sulphide crystals surrounded by impressive looking "flame quartz", derived from therecrystallization of the cryptocrystalline quartz.

X 70X - Nicola

Banded jaepili.e Met rock, Bula.apm, oystc Sulphide crystals replacing * er adjacent quartz ^

Pig. 21.

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PLATE XII

Pig, 22. Pillow lava, Bulawayan System. liinute latheof soda-rich plagioclase 'a a groundmass of chlorite. Small vein filled by highly birefringent carbonate.

X toX - Nicols

Pig. 23 Pillow lava, Bulaw van System. Twinning In I n t o laths of plagiodsae in a groundmass

PLATE XIII

Pig. 24, Pillow lava, Bulawayan System. Microtextureresembling an amygdale and consisting of brown cryptocrystalline unidentifiable material.

X 70X - Nicols

Pig. 25.

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Fig. 26. Quartz grit, Shamvaian System. Large subangularquartz grains cemented by sma.].! interlocking quartz grains. Birefringent sericite is presentinterstitially.

X 30X - N ic o ls

27. D o le r i t e s i l l , tra n s g re s s e s the

Si*

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shownn e t y p y r i t e

P ig . 29 . S u b h e d ra l c r y s ta ls o f a rs e n o p y r ite (e tched )e n c lo s e d by m assive p i t t e d p y r i t e .x 300

p: .t3 xvi

Pig. 30

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Pvrite cut enclosed in massive arsenopyiiteX 75

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p-j r, 32. Pine-grained subhedral crystals of arsenopyriteand pyrite along the boundary of late milky vein quartz fracture-filling (dark patch) with larger crystals developed further from the vein-quartz.

X 150

Chaleopyrite (light grey) fonned between inter- locking grains of arsenopyn-e.

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Gold (scratched) enclosed in ars~nopyrite. Chalcopyrite (light grey) filling .ractui-es inthe arsenopyrite.

X 300

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Gold (scratched) moulded onto subhcdral arseno- pyrite crystal and massive pitted pyri te.

X 300

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laler'.te (grey) filling fractures in a a rs e n o p y r ite and as irregular

PLATE XX

Pig. 38. Pseudomorph of crystal of arsenopyrite alteredto hematite and hydrated iron oxide.

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