Rwenkanga

Prospect in Uganda with commodities Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158908
MAS/MILS ID 7780850001
Record type Site
Current site name Rwenkanga

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.09098, -0.97582 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uganda(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Uganda

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 30.09098, -0.97582

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DMA SERIES 1501 MAP, SHEET SA 36-1, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    PARGETER, R.C. MINING AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: CH. IN GEOL.

  • Deposit

    SURV. OF UGANDA RECORDS FOR 1950, P.33.

  • Deposit

    BARNES, J.W.(ED.), THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF UGANDA, GEOL.

  • Deposit

    SURV. OF UGANDA, BULL. NO.4, 1961, P. 78.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCOVERED EARLY IN 1950, WAS KNOWN IN 1937 BUT FORGOTTEN. CO-ORDINATES ARE FROM PARGETER, IT IS 600 YARDS NE OF THE KAKENENA HILL DEPOSIT (SEQ. NO. 778-085-0005). CO- ORDINATES PLACE DEPOSIT ABOUT 74 KM SW OF MBARARA. COLUMBITE, TANTALITE, BERYL PEGMATITE. IN 1950, WORKINGS EXPOSED A QUARTZ-MICA-KAOLIN PEGMATITE VEIN STRIKING NW-SE FOR AT LEAST 61 M. AT TWO POINTS THE THICKNESS WAS 9.1 AND 15.2 M. PEGMATITE ENCLOSED IN HIGHLY SHEARED PHYLLITES. GENERAL DIP IS STEEP TO THE SW. COLUMBITE OCCURS AS TABULAR CRYSTALS, MAINLY IN CENTRAL PART OF "VEIN". FREQUENTLY OCCURS IN DISCONTINUOUS SEAMS LYING PARALLEL TO STRIKE OF ORE-BODY. BERYL OCCURS INTERGROWN WITH QUARTZ IN A NUMBER OF SMALL QUARTZ LENZES. QTZ. LENSES ENCLOSED BY WHITE KAOLIN, SERICITE AND MUSCOVITE OF VARYING COARSENESS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUL-1994 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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