Indwa Siding

Occurrence in Zimbabwe with commodity Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038879
MRDS ID M046354
Record type Site
Current site name Indwa Siding
Alternate or previous names Indiva

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.13469, -19.34694 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 MILES EAST OF GWELO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Zimbabwe

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • EARLIEST DISCOVERY OF PT IN GREAT DYKE IN 1918 (WAGNER)

Nearby scientific data

(1) 30.13469, -19.34694

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIKE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HEMATITE GOSSAN OF DUNITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gwelo District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, 1929, PT DEPOSITS AND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA: STRUIK (PTY) LTD., CAPETOWN 1973, P. 248.

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. OF PT METALS: USGS PROF. PAPER 630, P. 48

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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