Buck Reef

Producer in Shinyanga, Tanzania with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158740
MAS/MILS ID 7830700003
Record type Site
Current site name Buck Reef
Alternate or previous names Buckreef

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 31.46797, -3.86478 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shinyanga(province)

Tanzania(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Tanzania Shinyanga

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 31.46797, -3.86478

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1990

Mining district

District name Lake Victoria

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner East Africa Mines(East Africa Gold-49%;Kinross Gold-51%)
    Interest 80
    Home office Canada
    Year 1995
    First year 1995
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Tanzanian Government
    Interest 20
    Home office Tanzania
    Year 1995
    First year 1990

Comments on the ownership information

  • TO EARN 51%, EAST AFRICA MUST SPEND US$4 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS. ONCE EAST AFRICA HAS EARNED ITS INTEREST, KINROSS IS REQUIRED TO PAY BACK HALF THE PROPERTY EXPENDITURES.

Comments on the production information

  • WAS SAID TO BE IN PRODUCTION IS 1982, BUT HAD SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Indicated 1100000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1100000mt ore
    Total resources 1100000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4 g/mt Gold Major 1995

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PRELIM METALLURGICAL WORK RETURNED RECOVERIES OF 93-95% USING CYANIDIZATION. THE DEPOSIT, ACCORDING TO THE PRESIDENT, WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT AN OPEN-PIT MILLING OPERATION WITH A DAILY CAPACITY OF 750 TONNES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, AUG 11, 1995, P 96

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTHERN MINER, JUN 19, 1995, P 10

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXPLORATION AREA IS IN THE LAKE VICTORIA GOLDFIELDS REGION. LAT/LONG ARE FOR THE CITY OF MWANZA AREA IS SAID TO BE 300KM FROM TWON, NO DIRECTION GIVEN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-AUG-96 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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