BIF and ferruginous shale of the Mesoarchean Mozaan Group are enriched in manganese.
Sedimentary Mn deposition took place in a shallow marine Mesoarchean oxygen oasis.
Alteration under hydrothermal conditions gave rise to secondary Mn enrichment.
Hypogene Mn-enrichment occurred between ca. 1500 and 1100 Ma related to the Namaqua-Natal orogeny.