Athens Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039238
MRDS ID M046832
Record type Site
Current site name Athens Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.58468, -19.31361 (WGS84)
Relative position 50 MILES E. OF GWELO NEAR UMVUMA

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
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Gersdorffite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Spinel Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 30.58468, -19.31361

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Southern Rhodesia

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, G. H., 1977 , GEOL. OF ATHENS AU - CU MINE: INST. MIN. RESEARCH, 8 TH ANN. REPT., P. 41

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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