Mporokoso Group

Mporokoso Group
Stratigraphic range: Between 1.8 Ma and 1.1 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofBangweulu Block
Location
CountryZambia

The Mporokoso Group is the name given to a sedimentary succession of fluvial, lacustrine and aeolian sandstones and minor siltstones occurring on the Bangweulu Block of northern Zambia.[1]

The group ia between 1.8 Ma and 1.1 Ma in age, and consists of four stratigraphic units, the Lower Quartzite, the Lower Shale, the Upper Quartzite, and the Upper Shale. The group extends into Tanzania as the Kasanga Beds.[2]

The group forms part of the regionally defined Muva Supergroup which occurs also in the Irumide Belt of Zambia.

References

  1. ^ Unrug, R (May 1984). "The mid-Proterozoic Mporokoso Group of northern Zambia: Stratigraphy, sedimentation and regional position". Precambrian Research. 24 (2): 99–121. Bibcode:1984PreR...24...99U. doi:10.1016/0301-9268(84)90053-6.
  2. ^ Andrews-Speed, C.P; Unrug, R. (1984). Foster, R.P. (ed.). Gold in the sedimentary cover of the Bangweulu Block, Northern Zambia, in Gold '82: The Geology, Geochemistry and Genesis of Gold Deposits. Rotterdam: Geological Society of Zimbabwe, A.A. Balkema. pp. 224–233. ISBN 906191504X.
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