Kibakwe

Occurrence in Dodoma, Tanzania with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003924
MRDS ID AD00318
Record type Site
Current site name Kibakwe

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 36.41788, -6.74782 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 32 KM SOUTH OF GULWE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dodoma(province)

Tanzania(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Tanzania Dodoma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wad Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result LO1 MNO TE203 AL203 INSOLUBLES (Q-SAND) CO0 CUO NI MG0 BAO 10.5% 10.5% 4.6% 11.1% 44.9% 0.7% 0.3% ABSENT ABS 1.4%

Nearby scientific data

(1) 36.41788, -6.74782

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR SEAMS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mpwapwa

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BASSET, H., 1957,. NEW AND OLD MINERALS IN TANGANYIKA. REC. GEOL. SURV. TANGANYIKA, 1 : 63-64.

  • Deposit

    NDONDE, P.B., NOVEMBER, 1993- MINERAL RESOURCES DEPT. DODOMA, TANZANIA, ORAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    ISHEGIZE, I.A., NOVEMBER , 1993-MINERAL RESOURCES DEPT. DODOMA, TANZANIA, ORAL COMMUNICATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SITE NAME REFERS TO THE NEAREST VILLAGE WHICH IS KIBAKWE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1990 Pracejus, Bernard.M. Adelaide University
Updater 01-NOV-1993 Frank ,Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.