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Vanad 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024321
MRDS ID ISM0021
Record type Site
Current site name Vanad Mine
Alternate or previous names Birkdale, Rhodesian Vanadium Corporation

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.75134, -17.79703 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position CLAIM; 1 KM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Zimbabwe

Comments on the location information

  • 13 KM N OF MTORASHANGA, W SIDE OF THE GREAT DYKE, N END OF HARTLEY; 3 KM S OF ETHEL FAULT
  • SE OF MAIN GULEMAN DEPOSIT

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) 30.75134, -17.79703
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Layred Intrusion

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR FAULTING; GRABEN FORMATION; ARCH; SR/SR: 2532 +/- 89 MA; CRMT + FRSR + ENST/BRNZ; SRPN + CRSL; CHROMITE SEAMS ARE INTERCONNECTED FROM BOTH SIDES OF DIKE; ULTRAMAFIC HOST ROCK IS HEAVILY FRACTURED.
  • THRUST FAULTING; CRMT + SRPN + OLVN; CR-CLCL + UVAROVITE + RUTL + FCST; LARGEST DEPOSIT IN THE ELAZIG-GULEMAN MINING DISTRICT IS GOLALAN; CHROMITE OCCURS AS MASSIVE, BRECCIATED IRREGULAR BODIES WITH NE-SW ORIENTATION, ALONG NW-SE TREND; EIGHT REPORTED CHROMIUM DEPOSITS IN ELAZIG-GULEMAN MINING DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1950
Year of last production 1982

Mining district

District name Great Dyke

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rhodesian Vanadium Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN UNKNOWNPRODUCTION DATA REPORTED AS DEPOSIT TOTALS FOR SUTTON AND ROD CAMP MINES (RHODESIAN VANADIUM CORPORATION); MINING IN SEAMS 6-8
  • UNKNOWN UNKNOWNSOME LIMITED PRODUCTION FROM PLACER OPERATIONS. PA1 REPRESENTS ANNUAL PRODUCTION FOR ELAZIG-GULEMAN AND ELAZIG-MADEN MINING DISTRICTS. GOLANAN ORE BODY ALONE HAS PRODUCED 1.2 MIL TONS OF HIGH-GRADE CHROMIUM ORE.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Chromium Cr2O3 51 wt-pct Chromium Major 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RR1: DEMONSTRATED RESOURCES; CALCULATION BASED ON IN-SITU TONNAGE TO DEPTH OF 300 M ON INCLINE FOR SEAMS THAT OUTCROP OR ARE CLOSE TO SURFACE.
  • RR9: IDENTIFIED RESOURCES; CALCULATION INCLUDES ALL MINERALIZED SEAMS TO DEPTH OF 1000 M ON INCLINE.
  • RR9: POTENTIAL RESERVES

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ().
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ( ENVIRONMENT; TRANSPORT/ACCESS; X ;WINTER WEATHER AFFECTS MINING AND TRANSPORTATION; HIGH RAILROAD FREIGHT RATES). ASSESSMENT(LIMITED RESERVES; GULEMAN OPERATION IS EXPECTED TO CLOSE SHORTLY); METALLURGICAL GRADE ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORST, B. G., 1960, THE GREAT DYKE OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA: SOUTHERN RHODESIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 47, 234 P.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). UNDERGROUND NONE
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). SURFACE-UNDERGROUND CONCENTRATE

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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