Marvel

Producer in Zimbabwe 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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183358
MAS/MILS ID 7960200033
Record type Site
Current site name Marvel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 29.46807, -20.51358 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Zimbabwe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 29.46807, -20.51358

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEKUN,N.THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA.ELSEVIER PUBL.CO.

  • Deposit

    LONDON,1965,P.328.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING.RHODESIAN MINING TODAY:THE FAILURE OF SANCTIONS

  • Deposit

    .DEC.1967.PP.20-23.

  • Deposit

    ONC MAP SERIES.SHEET P-5.SCALE 1:1,000,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED IN FILABUSI AREA;CO-ORDINATES ARE OF A MINE 20 KM ENE OF FILABUSI(ASSUMED LOCATION). IN 1967:"SUBSTANTIAL RESERVES OF LOW-GRADE ORE".

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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