ebook img

GTK Consortium Geological Surveys in Mozambique 2002-2007 PDF

319 Pages·10.488 MB·English
Save to my drive
Quick download
Download
Most books are stored in the elastic cloud where traffic is expensive. For this reason, we have a limit on daily download.

Preview GTK Consortium Geological Surveys in Mozambique 2002-2007

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND Special Paper 48 2008 GTK Consortium Geological Surveys in Mozambique 2002–2007 Edited by Yrjö Pekkala, Tapio Lehto and Hannu Mäkitie Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper 48 Introduction to GTK projects in Mozambique 2002–2007 Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper 48 GTK Consortium Geological Surveys in Mozambique 2002−2007 Edited by Yrjö Pekkala, Tapio Lehto and Hannu Mäkitie Geological Survey of Finland Espoo 2008 1 Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper 48 Yrjö Pekkala, Tapio Lehto & Matti I. Lehtonen Pekkala, Yrjö, Lehto, Tapio & Mäkitie, Hannu (eds.) 2008. GTK Consortium Geological Surveys in Mozambique 2002–2007. Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper 48. 321 pages, 196 figures, 14 tables and 6 appendices. This publication presents 14 papers on various geological, map production and data management activities conducted by the GTK Consortium within the frame of the World Bank/Nordic Development Fund financed Mineral Resources Management Capacity Building Project in Mozambique, 2002 – 2007. The first paper provides a general introduction to the work carried out by the GTK Consortium within separate project components. These are described in more detail in the following papers, starting with data management and map production, followed by an article on the interpretation of remote sensing data, and then an article on geophysical and petrophysical surveys. Geological description begins with a paper on the radiometric ages of 35 rock samples from the mapping areas. The next two papers deal with structural aspects of the eastern margin of the Archaean Zimbabwe Craton in western Mozambique and with a new multiple terrane structure within the Tete-Chipata Belt in northwestern Mozambique. Granitoid rocks, the Tete Gabbro-Anorthosite Suite and Karoo volcanic rocks with associated intrusions are described in three papers. The Cretaceous – Quaternary stratigraphy is presented from the Massingir-Mapai area in southwest Mozambique. The final three papers deal with the geochemical and industrial mineral surveys and with conclusions on the mineral resources potential in Mozambique. Keywords (GeoRef Thesaurus AGI): areal geology, economic geology, granites, gneisses, sedimentary rocks, volcanic rocks, Pan-African Orogeny, Grenvillian Orogeny, geologic maps, airborne methods, geophysical surveys, absolute age, Archean, Proterozoic, Phanerozoic, Mozambique Geological Survey of Finland, P.O. BOX 96, FIN-02151 Espoo, Finland E-mail: yrjo.pekkala@gtk.fi, tapio.lehto@gtk.fi, hannu.makitie@gtk.fi ISBN 978-952-217-046-0 (paperback) ISBN 978-952-217-047-7 (PDF) ISSN 0782-8535 Tampereen Yliopistopaino Oy – Juvenes Print 2008 2 Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper 48 Introduction to GTK projects in Mozambique 2002–2007 CONTENTS Editors’ Preface by Yrjö Pekkala, Tapio Lehto & Hannu Mäkitie .......................... 5 Introduction to GTK projects in Mozambique 2002–2007 by Yrjö Pekkala, Tapio Lehto & Matti I. Lehtonen ............................................................................. 7 Data management and map production in geological mapping projects in Mozambique by Markku Tiainen, Antti Kahra, Eira Kuosmanen & Olli Rantala .. 23 Integrated geological interpretation of remotely sensed data to support geological field mapping in Mozambique by Ernst Schetselaar, Markku Tiainen & Tsehaie Woldai ......................................................................................................... 35 Geophysical maps and petrophysical data of Mozambique by Tapio Ruotoistenmäki ......................................................................................... 65 Mesoarchaean to Lower Jurassic U-Pb and Sm-Nd ages from NW Mozambique by Irmeli Mänttäri ................................................................................................... 81 Contribution to the structure at the eastern margin of the Archaean Zimbabwe craton, Mozambique by Tapio Koistinen, Matti I. Lehtonen, Sérgio Fernando & Rogério Matola ........................................................................................................ 121 The Tete-Chipata Belt: a new multiple terrane element from western Mozambique and southern Zambia by A.B. Phil Westerhof, Matti I. Lehtonen, Hannu Mäkitie, Tuomo Manninen, Yrjö Pekkala, Bosse Gustafsson & André Tahon ...................... 145 Petrography and geochemistry of granitoid rocks in the northern part of Tete Province, Mozambique by Hannu Mäkitie, Matti I. Lehtonen, Tuomo Manninen, João M. Marques, Grácio Cune & Hilário Mavie .................................................. 167 Igneous and tectonic setting of the allochthonous Tete Gabbro-Anorthosite Suite, Mozambique by A.B. Phil Westerhof, André Tahon, Tapio Koistinen, Tapio Lehto & Christer Åkerman ............................................................................ 191 The Karoo volcanic rocks and related intrusions in southern and central Mozambique by Tuomo Manninen, Toni Eerola, Hannu Mäkitie, Saku Vuori, Arto Luttinen, Adriano Sénvano & Vladimiro Manhiça .......................................... 211 Sedimentary rocks of the Mapai Formation in the Massingir-Mapai region, Gaza Province, Mozambique by Robbert Rutten, Hannu Mäkitie, Saku Vuori & João M. Marques ..................................................................................................... 251 Geochemical surveys in Mozambique; a data compilation project by Esko Korkiakoski ................................................................................................ 263 Review of industrial minerals in Mozambique by Yrjö Pekkala, Tapio Kuivasaari, Reinaldo Gonçalves, Mário Deus, Fátima Chaúque & Carlos Almeida ................ 289 Mineral resources potential in Mozambique by Tapio Lehto & Reinaldo Gonçalves ................................................................................................. 307 Front cover: Granitic kopje (Zenabe Mountains) near Sussundenga, south of the town of Chimoio, middle Mozambique (photo Tapio Lehto) 3 Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper 48 Introduction to GTK projects in Mozambique 2002–2007 GTK Consortium Geological Surveys in Mozambique 2002–2007, edited by Yrjö Pekkala, Tapio Lehto & Hannu Mäkitie Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper 48 EDITORS’ PREFACE This Special Paper summarizes the work of the GTK Consortium in Mozambique 2002–2007, comprising geological mapping, mineral re- sources assessment, geochemical and industrial mineral surveys, GIS map production, data management and comprehensive reporting. The work was carried out within three project components: Geological Mapping LOT 2 and LOT 3, and Geochemical and Industrial Mineral (GIM) Surveys. Project LOT 2 was implemented by GTK with the part- ners ITC (The Netherlands), SGU (Sweden) and Gondwana Lda (Mo- zambique) and Project LOT 3 by GTK with the partners ITC, GEUS (Denmark) and Gondwana Lda. The GIM Project was implemented by GTK together with Gondwana Lda. Mapping areas LOT 2 and LOT 3 covered about 480 000 km2 and resulted in production of 36 map sheets showing the geology and mineral resources at the 1:250 000 scale and 20 sheets at the 1:50 000 scale. Maps indicating high mineral potential were prepared at the 1:250 000 scale. Much of the map preparation was based on integrated geological interpretation of remote sensing data, comprising previous geological maps, satellite images, and new regional and high resolution radio- metric and magnetic airborne data. Field verification was performed at 20 000 observation sites, supported by nearly 30 000 digital photo- graphs of outcrops and selected samples. Information on 650 mineral indications, occurrences and deposits was collected in a mineral occur- rence database. Of these, about 140 more significant occurrences were checked in the field and the database updated accordingly. Laboratory work comprised 440 whole rock chemical analyses (XRF), 1600 min- eral analyses (microprobe) and 1000 petrographical thin section stud- ies. In addition, petrophysical properties of about 700 samples of major rock types were measured to support the interpretation of airborne geo- physics. During the bedrock mapping of the LOT 2, 38 rock samples were collected for radiometric dating by GTK Consortium geologists. The zircon TIMS U-Pb and Nd-Sm mineral isochron ages were proc- essed at GTK and the secondary ion microprobe (SHRIMP) zircon U- Pb isotopic data were measured at VSEGEI, St. Petersburg. The geology and mineral occurrences are described in four volumes of Map Explanations totalling about 1400 pages, prepared in 2006. Map Explanation Volume 1 covers the whole of southern Mozambique. Only in the northwestern corner of this mapping area, south of Manica, are Proterozoic rocks exposed, while by far the majority of the area is cov- ered by Phanerozoic units, from Karoo sediments and volcanics to ex- tensive Cretaceous – Tertiary sedimentary rocks. Pliocene – Holocene formations essentially comprise reworked weathering products. Vol- ume 2 covers the map sheets along the Zimbabwe border from the south 5 Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper 48 Yrjö Pekkala, Tapio Lehto & Matti I. Lehtonen of Tete to the south of Manica. In this area the rocks of the Archaean Zimbabwe Craton were observed to extend clearly further east into Mo- zambique than previously assumed. Map Explanation Volume 3 covers the area to the east of Volume 2 up to the Indian Ocean, comprising Proterozoic lithologies in the west but mostly Phanerozoic units from the Karoo to the Quaternary towards the east. Map Explanation Volume 4 describes the geology of the northern part of Tete Province, bordering Zambia in the north and Zimbabwe in the west, which is characterized by Mesoproterozoic schists and granitoids, and Phanerozoic sedimen- tary rocks. In the Geochemical component of GIM Surveys the available previ- ous data were collected, reliable samples re-analyzed and digital, geo- chemical maps and databases were created, based on newly processed and evaluated data. Complementary analyses were made on 1 144 se- lected old samples and close to 2 000 new samples were collected and assayed. Within the Industrial Minerals component the existing data were col- lected, evaluated and compiled into database. Field checking, sampling and laboratory testing (over 100 samples) was carried out on those de- posits with the greatest potential. A map of industrial minerals presenting over 350 deposits was pre- pared together with another map outlining the high priority areas for industrial mineral commodities. The final results and technical reports as well as the Annual Review of Industrial Minerals in Mozambique were compiled. Espoo, June 2, 2008 Yrjö Pekkala, Tapio Lehto, Hannu Mäkitie 6 Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper 48 Introduction to GTK projects in Mozambique 2002–2007 GTK Consortium Geological Surveys in Mozambique 2002–2007, edited by Yrjö Pekkala, Tapio Lehto & Hannu Mäkitie Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper 48, 7–22, 2008 INTRODUCTION TO GTK PROJECTS IN MOZAMBIQUE 2002–2007 by Yrjö Pekkala, Tapio Lehto & Matti. I. Lehtonen Pekkala, Y., Lehto, T. & Lehtonen, M. I. 2008. Introduction to GTK projects in Mozambique 2002–2007. Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper 48, 7–22, 3 figures. During 2002–2007, Mozambique was the most important target country within GTK’s international projects with a total value of €7.9 M. Geological mapping was part of Geological Infrastructure Development Program, a component in the World Bank and NDF financed Mineral Resources Management Capacity Building Project. The mining policy of the Government of Mozambique focuses on the promotion of private investments to develop the mining sector, based on the favourable geological environment and mining potential of the country. As part of this policy, the Ministry of Mineral Resources (MIREM), through the National Directorate of Geology (DNG), intends to develop the geoscientific infrastructure of the country in support of mining investments promotion as well as sustainable social and economic development. The availability of basic geological information is an important parameter in promoting investments as well as an essential tool for planning the construction of infrastructure and for predicting natural disasters. The GTK Consortium (GTK as the leading partner together with ITC the Neth- erlands, SGU Sweden, GEUS Denmark and Gondwana Lda Mozambique) was re- sponsible for projects that produced geological and mineral resources maps cover- ing an area of 480 000 sq km, which is about 60% of the total area of Mozambique (801 590 sq km). The "Geochemical and Industrial Mineral Surveys" project involved the compilation of all geochemical surveys carried out in the country and followed these up with new targeted surveys to identify areas with mineral potential for explora- tion. The evaluation of industrial minerals and construction materials in the whole of Mozambique will strengthen the basis for the improvement of infrastructure. Key words (GeoRef Thesaurus AGI): areal geology, bedrock mapping, geochemical surveys, mineral resources, geologic maps, programs, Mozambique. Geological Survey of Finland, P.O. Box 96, FIN-02151 Espoo, Finland E-mail: yrjo.pekkala@gtk.fi, tapio.lehto@gtk.fi PROJECT DESCRIPTION The mining policy of the Government of Mo- the favourable geological environment and mineral zambique focuses on the promotion of private in- potential of the country. As part of this policy, the vestments to develop the mining sector, based on Ministry of Mineral Resources (Ministério dos Re- 7 Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper 48 Yrjö Pekkala, Tapio Lehto & Matti I. Lehtonen cursos Minerais, MIREM), through the National difficulties in carrying out fieldwork. Therefore, it Directorate of Geology (Direcção Nacional de Geo- is of utmost importance to complete and update the logia, DNG), fosters the development of the nation- national geo-scientific infrastructure. The Govern- al geo-scientific infrastructure in support of mining ment of Mozambique has therefore implemented investment promotion and the sustainable social the Mineral Resources Management Capacity and economic development of the country. The Building Project (MRMP), funded by the World availability of basic geological information is an Bank (IDA, AfDB, NDF). Within this major inter- important parameter to promote investments as well national project, the GTK Consortium was awarded as an essential tool for planning the construction of three important components: Geological Mapping infrastructure and for natural hazards mitigation. LOT 2 and LOT 3 and Geochemical and Industrial Mozambique has made great efforts to develop Mineral Surveys the basic geo-scientific infrastructure of the coun- The main objective of the country-wide map- try. Geological mapping and extensive geochemi- ping programme was to revise previous maps and cal and geophysical surveys have been carried out unpublished mapping results in certain areas and to since independence. The archives of the DNG con- upgrade the quality of geological maps in others, tain an impressive wealth of geo-scientific infor- to provide consistent coverage in terms of quality mation. However, most of this information is now throughout the Mozambican territory. The geologi- outdated in reference to the technology used and cal mapping was based on a modern approach re- the geological concepts supporting mineral explo- solving stratigraphic and structural problems and ration. Moreover, the geological mapping carried providing good geochronological control data. The out in the decade before independence (1975) and following papers present the activities and main re- during the period of civil strife was limited by the sults achieved in these studies. LOT 2 The sub-component Geological Mapping – LOT 2 was a part of the Mineral Resource Man- agement Capacity Building Project, Component 2: Geological Infrastructure Development Project in the Republic of Mozambique (GIDP), financed by the Nordic Development Fund. LOT 2 geological mapping was assigned to the GTK-ITC-Gondwana- SGU Consortium1 , hereafter referred to as the GTK Consortium. The Contract (No. 02/QCBS/B.2.2/ MIREME-UCPM/2002) was signed in Maputo on 17.10.2002 by H.E. Castigo Langa, Minister of Min- eral Resources and Energy, and Prof Gabriel Gaál, Research Director, Geological Survey of Finland (GTK). In December 2003, the LOT 2 Extension, covering approximately 50% of three 1:250 000 scale maps in the Province of Zambézia, was added to the original LOT 2 Contract. The LOT 2 Exten- sion Contract was signed in Maputo on 9.1.2004 by Mr Elias Daudi, National Director of Direcção Na- cional de Geologia (DNG), and Dr Yrjö Pekkala, Assistant Director (GTK). In this connection the reporting schedule was also revised and draft final products were to be submitted for review in the be- ginning of July 2006 and the final products by the end of November 2006. The main task of the GIDP was to re-map, up- grade and improve existing geological maps in or- Fig. 1. GTK mapping areas in Mozambique: LOT 2 and LOT 3 areas der to create a comprehensive and uniform coverage and their extensions. 8 Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper 48 Introduction to GTK projects in Mozambique 2002–2007 of geological maps for Mozambique (Fig. 1). The uted between three areas: Fíngoè, Changara and objective of the LOT 2 Geological Mapping was Manica. to re-map and improve existing maps at the scale The LOT 2 is bordered in west by Zimbabwe, in 1:250 000 of the Tete, Manica and Sofala provinces north by Zambia and in northeast by Malawi. The in NW Mozambique, as well as to map a number southern margin of the area is the 20° south latitude of selected areas with mineral potential within the and the eastern margin the 35° east longitude. The same provinces at the scale 1:50 000. During the Extension Area is located between the 35° east lon- project the number of map sheets to be produced at gitude and the Indian Ocean and latitudes 17° S and the scale 1:250 000 was agreed to be 14 due to the 18° S. The total LOT 2 mapping contract covered combination of part sheets. The Extension Area was about 185 000 km². to be presented in three separate map sheets, also covering the Phanerozoic Formations, included in 1 GTK: Geological Survey of Finland (leading partner) – ITC: International Institute for Geo-information and Earth Observation, the LOT 3 Extension Contract. The agreed number the Netherlands – Gondwana: Mozambican geological consultancy of map sheets at the scale 1:50 000 was 20, distrib- partnership – SGU: Geological Survey of Sweden Organization The responsibilities in the project were divided • Mineral deposits: Tapio Lehto, Esko Korkiakoski, between the Consortium partners as follows: Yrjö Pekkala, Tapio Kuivasaari (GTK) Reinaldo Gonçalves (Gondwana) GTK: Management, financial follow-up, map pro- duction, interpretation of airborne geophysics; • Data management: Markku Tiainen, Antti Kahra (GTK) ITC: Remote sensing with satellite images (Land- sat and Aster), processing and interpretation, • Databases: Olli Rantala, Antti Kahra, Tapio Lehto, airborne geophysics to support field mapping Esko Korkiakoski, Jari Väätäinen, Marita Ranta- and map interpretation, topographic baseline Pantti (GTK) data; • Map production: Olli Rantala, Antti Kahra, Markku GTK-Gondwana Lda-SGU-ITC: Geological map- Tiainen, Eira Kuosmanen, Hilkka Saastamoinen, ping; Merja Janhila, Anneli Lindh, Hanna Virkki, Riikka Koskinen, Mirjam Ajlani, Helena Saarinen (GTK) GTK-Gondwana Lda: Mineral occurrences, pro- curement and logistics. • Processing and interpretation of remote sensing and geophysical data: Ernst Schetselaar, Tsehaie Woldai, Sally Barritt (ITC), Tapio Ruotoistenmäki, Personnel involved in LOT 2, starting with the Hilkka Arkimaa (GTK) data collection, compilation and preliminary map interpretations followed by fieldwork and finally • Topographic data: Markku Tiainen, Antti Kahra, by the preparation of geological and mineral occur- Eira Kuosmanen, Tuomo Manninen (GTK) rence maps, map explanations and the various data- • Geological explanations: Phil Westerhof (ITC), bases, were as follows: Matti Lehtonen, Tapio Koistinen, Hannu Mäkitie, • Management and reporting: Yrjö Pekkala, Tapio Tuomo Manninen, Saku Vuori, Yrjö Pekkala, Tapio Lehto, Markku Tiainen (GTK), Elias Daudi, Na- Lehto, Irmeli Mänttäri (age determinations) (GTK), tional Director of Direcção Nacional de Geologia João Marques (Gondwana) (DNG) • DNG geologists and technicians involved in LOT 2 • Geological Mapping: Matti Lehtonen (team training and fieldwork: Grácio Cune, Olavo De- leader), Tapio Koistinen, Hannu Mäkitie, Tuomo niasse, Sérgio Fernando, Rogério Matola, Hilário Manninen, Esko Korkiakoski, Saku Vuori, Toni Ee- Mavie, Inácio Saranga, Celestino de Sousa, Gus- rola (GTK), Christer Åkerman, Bosse Gustafsson todio Cornélio, Ernesto Correia, Abdul Faquir, (SGU), João Marques, Reinaldo Gonçalves, Mau- Vittorino Garife, Victorino Joaquim, Jose Nampu- rizio Ferrara, Mário Deus, Amad Mamad (Gond- lula, Viriato Nhampula, Luis Saunda, Ussene Vasco wana), André Tahon, Phil Westerhof (ITC) Ussene (DNG) 9 Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper 48 Yrjö Pekkala, Tapio Lehto & Matti I. Lehtonen LOT 3 Within the framework of the Mineral Resource all 1:250 000 scale map sheets of southern and cen- Management Capacity Building Project (Republic tral Mozambique (Fig. 1). The existing mapping sit- of Mozambique), Component 2 (Geological Infra- uation of the LOT 3 area before the project was that structure Development Project), financed by the good quality geological maps at the scale 1:250 000 Nordic Development Fund, the Sub-Component had been published from southern and south-eastern Geological Mapping – LOT 3 was assigned to the part of the area, whereas the western part was lack- GTK-ITC-Gondwana-GEUS Consortium , hereaf- ing geological maps of that scale. The Geological ter referred to as the GTK Consortium2. The con- Map of Mozambique at the 1:1 M scale was the only tract for LOT 3 geological mapping was signed in published map from that part of Mozambique. Maputo on 12.9.2003 by H.E. Castigo Langa, Min- The geological mapping of LOT 3 was carried ister of Mineral Resources and Energy, and Prof out by four organizations: GTK, ITC, GEUS and Gabriel Gaál, Research Director, Geological Sur- Gondwana Lda. The responsibilities for various vey of Finland. The contract for the LOT 3 exten- tasks were shared between the partners according to sion was signed in Maputo on 9.1.2004, by Mr Elias the resources, expertise and personnel involved. Xavier Félix Daudi, National Director of Geology (DNG), and Dr Yrjö Pekkala, Assistant Director of Geological Survey of Finland (GTK). 2 GTK: Geological Survey of Finland (leading partner) – ITC: International Institute for Geo-Information and Earth Observation, the The objective of the project was to produce mod- Netherlands – Gondwana Lda: Mozambican geological consultancy ern upgraded geological maps in digital format for partnership – GEUS: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. Organization GTK was in charge of the overall management, João Marques, Maurizio Ferrara, Amad Mamad coordination, geological mapping, data manage- (Gondwana), Robbert Rutten (ITC) ment, map production, final products and reporting. • Mineral deposits: Tapio Lehto, Yrjö Pekkala, Tapio ITC’s main responsibility was remote sensing and Kuivasaari (GTK) Reinaldo Gonçalves (Gondwana) the compilation of preliminary geological maps. GEUS took care of the preparation of simplified • Data management: Markku Tiainen, Antti Kahra topographic maps, while Gondwana Lda participat- (GTK) ed in geological mapping, mineral resources assess- • Databases: Olli Rantala, Antti Kahra, Tapio Lehto, ment and logistics in Mozambique. The activities Esko Korkiakoski, Jari Väätäinen, Marita Ranta- carried out within the project were subdivided into Pantti (GTK) three major phases: • Map production: Olli Rantala, Antti Kahra, Markku 1) Data gathering and preparation; Tiainen, Eira Kuosmanen, Hilkka Saastamoinen, 2) Geological review and compilation of the map Merja Janhila, Anneli Lindh, Hanna Virkki (GTK) data; • Processing and interpretation of remote sensing 3) Verification and final digital products. and geophysical data: Ernst Schetselaar, Tsehaie Woldai, Sally Barritt (ITC), Tapio Ruotoistenmäki, This division into three phases was defined in the Hilkka Arkimaa (GTK) TOR document. However, many important activi- • Topographic data: Willy Weng, Björn Hermanssen ties, such as map production and data management, (GEUS); Markku Tiainen, Antti Kahra, Eira Kuos- overlapped and continued throughout the project. manen, Tuomo Manninen (GTK) The activities of the project were organised to be carried out by teams with different expertise, each • Geological explanations: Phil Westerhof (ITC), Hannu Mäkitie, Tuomo Manninen, Saku Vuori, team having clearly defined roles in the overall Yrjö Pekkala, Tapio Lehto, Irmeli Mänttäri (age process: determinations) (GTK), João Marques, Maurizio • Management and reporting: Yrjö Pekkala, Markku Ferrara (Gondwana) Tiainen, Tapio Lehto (GTK), Elias Daudi, National • DNG personnel involved in training and field- Director of Direcção Nacional de Geologia (DNG) work were: Vladimiro Manhiça, Adriano Sénvano, • Geological Mapping: Hannu Mäkitie (team leader), Rogério Matola, Inácio Saranga, Hilário Mavie, Tuomo Manninen, Saku Vuori, Toni Eerola (GTK), Vittorino Garife and Carlos Pambo 10

See more

The list of books you might like

Most books are stored in the elastic cloud where traffic is expensive. For this reason, we have a limit on daily download.