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Glenapp Mine

Producer in Zimbabwe with commodity Chromium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024316
MRDS ID ISM0015
Record type Site
Current site name Glenapp Mine
Alternate or previous names African Chrome Mines Ltd.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.75133, -16.99707 (WGS84)
Elevation 1370
Relative position CLAIM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Zimbabwe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
    Rock unit name Hartley Complex
    Rock description Hartley Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) 30.75133, -16.99707
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Layered Intrusion

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0.03M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Year of first production 1919
Year of last production 1982

Mining district

District name Great Dyke

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner African Chrome Mines Ltd. (Subsidiary Of Rhodesia Chrome Mines Ltd.
    First year 1928

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Chromium Cr2O3 50.1 wt-pct Chromium Major 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORST, B. G., 1960, THE GREAT DYKE OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA: SOUTHERN RHODESIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 47, 234 P. (PA1, PA2, PA8)

  • Deposit

    THOMAS, P., 1982, WRITTEN COMMUN., MAS DATA: DENVER, COLO., U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. (RR1, RR8, RR9, RR16)

  • Production

    PA1, PA8: RF1, P. 199

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Lipin, Bruce R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1983 Lipin, Bruce R. U.S. Geological Survey

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