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Mwadui

Producer in Shinyanga, Tanzania with commodity Diamond
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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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023287
MRDS ID I000106
Record type Site
Current site name Mwadui

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 33.66318, -3.48978 (WGS84)
Relative position 200 KM SSE OF MWANZA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shinyanga(province)

Tanzania(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Tanzania Shinyanga

Comments on the location information

  • IN WESTERN TANZANIA, NEAR SHINYANGA. LATITUDE-LONGITUDE ARE FOR THE TOWN OF MWADUI.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diamond Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 33.66318, -3.48978
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Shinyanga

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Williamson Diamonds Ltd. (Joint Ownership By State-Controlled Stamico And Willcroft) Indonde, P.B. (

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ARE ESTIMATED SUFFICIENT FOR 9 YEARS, ASSUMMING EXCAVATION OF 35.12 MILLION T OF SOIL AND SAND TO A DEPTH OF ABOUT 100 M AT A RATE OF 3.5 MILLION TPA.

Comments on development

  • ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY GREATER THAN 3,000,000 TONNES/YEAR. ; ECON.COM: RESERVES ARE ONLY ADEQUATE FOR ABOUT 9 YEARS (1990). ALSO, THE TREATMENT PLANT REQUIRES EXTENSIVE REHABILITATION, ESTIMATED AT A COST OF $5 MILLION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NOTHOLT, ARTHUR, 1990, TANZANIA, IN CENTRAL AFRICA: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW 1990, P. 124-125.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 50.

  • 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

    NOTHOLT, 1990.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS A KIMBERLITE PIPE (NDONDE,P.B. 1993)
Deposit MRDS RECORD NO. DEOO053 WAS DELETED. INFORMATION FROM THAT RECORD WAS INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1993 Frank,Dave U.S. Geological Survey

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