| Deposit ID | 10134910 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 7960200031 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blanket |
| Geographic coordinates: | 28.57829, -20.83017 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Zimbabwe(country)
Africa(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country |
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| Zimbabwe |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Arsenopyrite | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| (1) | 28.57829, -20.83017 |
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| Operation type | Underground |
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| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Milling method | Hydrometallurgy Unspecified |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Falconbridge Inv. (Zimbabwe) Pty. Ltd. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Zimbabwe |
| Year | 1991 |
| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Kg Silver 1967-1980 414 Kg | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Au G/Mt Ore 160000 G/Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total Kg Gold 1967-1980 10680 Kg | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 952500mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 952500mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 952500mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 7960200031 |
ANNUAL REPORT FALCONBRIDGE NICKEL MINES LIMITED, 1980, P 42.
BLANKET MINE (PVT.) LTD., MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1981,
PP 478-479.
ZIMBABWE, BLANKET MINES, MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1982.
FOSTER, R.P., MANN, A.G., STOWE, C.W., AND WILSON, J.F.,
ARCHEAN GOLD MINERALIZATION IN ZIMBABWE, PREPRINT FOR
GEOL. SOC. SOUTH AFRICA, ORE DEPOSITS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA,
1982, 88 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE IS CRUSHED AND GROUND FOLLOWED BY GRAVITY SEPARATION, CYANIDATION AND MERRIL-CROWE PRECIPITATION. APPROXIMATELY 6070 OZ CONTAINED AU IS RECOVERED BY THE GRAVITY STEP. THE REMAINING PORTION IS RECOVERED FROM THE CYANIDATION PROCESS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 21-OCT-1992 | Boyle, Ed | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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