Zvichibva pakushanduka-shanduka kwe lithosphere, zvicherwa, uye mamiriro ekuvaka kweganda, kondinendi yeAfrica (kusanganisira Arabian Peninsula neMadagascar) yakakamurwa kuita mabhandi makumi matatu nerimwe esimbi, ayo makumi maviri nenomwe ari muAfrica chaiyo. Padanho rekutanga re tectonic, aya akakamurwa kuita matunhu mana makuru: West African Metallogenic Domain, East African Metallogenic Domain, Arabian Peninsula Metallogenic Domain, uye Madagascar Metallogenic Domain. Mukati medunhu rega rega, mamwe maganhurwo munzvimbo dzechipiri nedzechitatu dzesimbi dzinoitwa zvichienderana nemhando dze lithospheric.
Nzvimbo yeMagetsi yeWest Africa (W)
Nzvimbo yeWest Africa Metallogenic Domain ndeimwe yenzvimbo dzakakosha kwazvo mukondinendi. Inosanganisira mhando nhatu dze lithospheric—cratonic, orogenic, uye rift-related—uye ine madhaimani, mhangura, goridhe, uye platinum-group elements zvakakosha pasi rose.
Nzvimbo dzeCratonic Metallogenic (WCI)
Nzvimbo yeWest African Archean Cratonic Metallogenic (WCI-1): Nzvimbo iyi ine phosphates, potash, diamond placers, uye gold placers. Nzvimbo dzakajairika dzinosanganisira mugodhi weAnsongo-Agaula manganese uye Banmba gold deposit.
Nzvimbo yeCongo Archean Cratonic Metallogenic (WCI-2): Nzvimbo iyi yakakamurwa kuita nzvimbo yeZaire River diamond-lead-zinc-gold metallogenic subzone uye East Zaire iron-manganese-gold-tungsten-tin metallogenic belt. Iine nzvimbo dzepasi rose dzakadai seTshikapa large-scale diamond placer uye Isiro giant iron ore deposit.
Kalahari Archean Cratonic Metallogenic Zone (WCI-3): Iyi inzvimbo huru yepasi rose inogadzira madhaimani nezvinhu zveplatinum. Mugodhi mukuru wedhaimani weOrapa neGreat Dyke yeZimbabwe (chromium–platinum–nickel) zviri pano, pamwe chete nekuwanikwa kweuranium, potash, uye marasha.
Nzvimbo dzeOrogenic Metallogenic (WO1)
Nzvimbo yeProterozoic Orogenic Metallogenic (WOI-1): Iine mabhandi manomwe esimbi emhando yechitatu, nzvimbo iyi inogadzira simbi, goridhe, mhangura, uye uranium muAfrica. Mienzaniso inoonekwa inosanganisira Guelb Zednes large-scale iron ore deposit uye Prestea-Beta giant gold deposit muWest African Shield metallogenic belt, pamwe neLufilian Arc, iyo ine Kansanshi large-scale copper–uranium–gold–molybdenum polymetallic deposit—dunhu rine mukurumbira pasi rose recobalt copper.
Nzvimbo yePaleozoic Orogenic Metallogenic (WOI-2): Izvi zvinoreva bhandi reCape phosphate-gold placer metallogenic, iro rinowanikwa ne sedimentary phosphates uye gold-platinum-group placer deposits.
Nzvimbo dzeMetallogenic Dzine chekuita neRift (WLI)
Cameroon–Niger Rift Metallogenic Belt (WLI-1): Inogadzira matombo emugungwa anonzi lead–zinc ores, pamwe chete nemalahle emugungwa nemahydrocarbon.
Karroo Rift Metallogenic Zone (WLI-2): Yakapfuma mumadhaimani ane kimberlite, sedimentary uranium, uye marasha, nzvimbo iyi inosanganisira dhaimani hombe yeFiksburg.
Nguva yekutumira: Chikunguru-01-2026
