HOST ROCKS IN ARCHEAN METALLOGENY.

LAKE VICTORIA REGION

SIGNIFICANT MINERALOGY HOST ROCK HYDROTHERMAL REFERENCE

ALTERATION
DEPOSIT

North-Mara Gold Sedimentary and Albite quartz k feldspar, (Manya et al.

volcanic rock, Sericite, silicification, 2006, 2007b),
(Musoma-Mara
Altered Granitoids, hematite, chlorite
terrain) (Mshiu and
porphyritic andesite
Maboko, 2012),
(Ikingura et al
2010)

Geita Gold Mine Gold BIF, felsic- mafic Carbonate minerals, silica Anglo – gold
volcanic and Ashanti, 2019
(Sukumaland terrane) Iron
sedimentary rocks

Bulyanhulu Copper Sedimentary Sericite, epidote, chlorite, Kabete et al

(including graphitic carbonization (dominant) 2012a, Barrick
Silver
argillite) and felsic- Gold Corporation
Gold mafic volcanic rock
 Buckreef Gold. Gold Mafic fine grained - sericite carbonate Andrew Tunks
(sukumaland basalts and medium
- pyrite alteration & Jamie Rogers,
greenstonebelt) grained dolerites
September 2006
- pervasive quartz

BUZWAGI Gold Strongly sheared Sericite Sanislav et al.

and hydrothermally 2014,Manya and
(Nzega greenstone silica
altered Potassic Maboko, 2008b
belt)
granites, lesser
mafic volcanic rocks

THE CENTRAL REGION

SIGNIFICANT MINERALOGY HOST ROCK HYDROTHERMAL REFERENCE

ALTERATION
DEPOSIT
Gold at Gold Greenschist Silicification Kabete,
Mafulungu (SW amphibolite facies -Epidote, McNaughton et
of Dodoma) lithology i.e actinolite- al., 2012a
dolerite shcists, tremolite and
quartz-diorite chloritic alteration.
gneisses.