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Lynx Mine

Producer in Zimbabwe with commodity Graphite
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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. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024370
MRDS ID ISM0080
Record type Site
Current site name Lynx Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 29.43467, -16.59712 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Zimbabwe

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS LOCATED SOME 56 KM TO THE NORTHWEST OF KAROI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRAPHITE, CRYSTALLINE, FLAKES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Piriwiri System
    Rock description Piriwiri System
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 29.43467, -16.59712
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Metamorphic Belt

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; LENTICULAR ORE BODY GRADES AN AVERAGE 26-28 % C, LENSES OF GRAPHITE ORE (0.5 TO 10 M THICK) ARE ABUNDANT IN THE PIRIWIRI METASEDIMENTS IN THE AREA BETWEEN KAROI AND KARIBA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1966
Year of last production 1985

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Zim-German Graphite (Pvt)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Zimbabwe Industrial Development Corp. (State Owned)

Production statistics

  • Year 1978
    Description Ap_Grade: ^80-83 % Fc
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Graphite Graphite 82wt-pct
  • Year 1979
    Description Ap_Grade: ^80-83 % Fc
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Graphite Graphite 82wt-pct
  • Year 1980
    Description Ap_Grade: ^80-83 % Fc
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Graphite Graphite 82wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 12000 TPY

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Total resources 2000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Graphite C 80 wt-pct Graphite Major 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 50 YEARS OF PRODUCTION AT CURRENT RATES (I.E.12000 TPY)
  • IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE PIRIWIRI PHYLLITES IN AREAS ADJACENT TO LYNX MINE CONTAIN CONSIDERABLE IDENTIFIED RESOURCES OF GRAPHITE ORE

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). ZIM-GERMAN GRAPHITE (PVT) IS AN EQUAL JOINT VENTURE OF ZIMBABWE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORP. AND GRAPHITWERK KROPFMUEHL OF WEST GERMANY. ROM-ORE AVERAGING 26-28 % CARBON IS UPGRADED THROUGH FLOTATION TO PRODUCE CONCENTRATES GRADING 80-83 % C AND 90-92 % C. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JAN. 1982 REPORTS: "MOST OF THE PRODUCTION IS AMORPHOUS GRAPHITE BUT A SMALL QUANTILY OF FLAKE GRAPHITE IS RECOVERED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CRUCIBLES." GRAPHITE MINING STARTED IN 1966 THROUGH SURFACE OPERATIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGMAN, J.G., 1978: AN OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY OF RHODESIA.- RHODESIA GEOL. SURV. BULL. NO.80

  • Deposit

    TAUPITZ, K.C., 1973: DER BERGBAU RHODESIENS.- GLUECKAUF, DEC. 20, P.1275-1286

  • Deposit

    KEGLER, J. 1981: POTENTIAL UND ENTWICKLUNG DES BERGBAUS IN SIMBABWE.- ERZMETALL, VOL.34, NR.10, P.530-535

  • Production

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JAN. 1982, P.26

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 MILLING, FLOTATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1985 Krauss, Ulrich H. Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany)

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