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Liganga Deposit

Occurrence in Iringa, Tanzania with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008272
MRDS ID D000283
Record type Site
Current site name Liganga Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 34.58013, -9.52704 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iringa(province)

Tanzania(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Tanzania Iringa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 34.58013, -9.52704
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SEVERAL BODIES (LAYERS AND VEINS OR DIKES) OF TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE IN ANORTHOSITIC GABBRO. MOST OF ILMENITE AND MAGNETITE IN DISCRETE GRAINS (HARRIS, 1961)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Njombe District, (Eastern Upangwa)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 160,000 ST V. 1,344,000,000 TONS OF MATERIAL CONTAINING 12.7% TIO2 (LAWTHERS, 1957)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UN, 1970, IRON RESOURCES OF WORLD

  • Deposit

    LAWTHERS, ROBT., 1957, USBM IC 7791

  • Deposit

    HARRIS, J. F., 1961, PT. 4 ECON. GEOL: TANGANYIKA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MEM. 1, P. 143, 1961

  • Deposit

    CARTER, G. S., 1960, TANGANYIKA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RECS., V. 8, P. 67-71

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    UN, 1970; HARRIS, 1961; LAWTHERS, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

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

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