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Rhodesia Operations

Past 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081099
MRDS ID W032801
Record type Site
Current site name Rhodesia Operations
Alternate or previous names Rhodesia Chrome

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.00138, -20.49687 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Zimbabwe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 30.00138, -20.49687
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gweld And Victoria Districts

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rhodesia Chrome Mines, Ltd.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MINE, CONCENTRATOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    E/MJ 1978; MM 1980; WAR MINERALS REPORT 1976-1977

  • Production

    E/MJ 1978.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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