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Pickstone/Peerless Open Pit Project

Prospect in Zimbabwe with commodity Gold
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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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183559
MAS/MILS ID 7960150002
Record type Site
Current site name Pickstone/Peerless Open Pit Project
Alternate or previous names Pickstone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.18665, -18.3428 (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) 30.18665, -18.3428
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Delta Gold Nl
    Interest 100
    Home office Australia
    Year 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AS OF 1992: SEQ. NO. INTENDED TO REPRESENT THE FOLLOWING: (1) PICKSTONE UNDERGROUND (2) PICKSTONE SURFACE (3) PEERLESS OPEN PIT PROJECT PEERLESS OPEN PIT MUST BE CLOSE TO THE PICKSTONE OPERATIONS AS PRESS MENTIONS THAT ALL 3 COULD BE RATIONALIZED. RESERVES AS OF LATE 1991: PEERLESS OPEN PIT-- 840,000 MT AT 2.71 G/MT PICKSTONE TAILINGS-1,657,000 MT AT 1.65 G/MT PICKSTONE UG ORE -- 183,000 MT AT 6.78 G/MT TOTAL --2,680,000 MT AT 2.33 G/MT ALL 3 PROJECTS ARE IN STUDY STAGE WITH FULL FEASIBILITY STUDIES NOT EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL MORE YEARS. WILL NOT BE DONE FOR THE 1992 AU AVAILABILITY STUDY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    E/MJ INTL.DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS,1978.MCGRAW HILL,N.Y.P.335.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LONDON,1965,PP.160,326.

  • Deposit

    DMA MAP SERIES 1501.SHEET SE 36-9.SCALE 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1978 E/MJ DIRECTORY SAYS MINE TEMPORARILY INACTIVE BUT MILL STILL OPERATING.ALSO THAT EMERALDS PRODUCED AS BY-PRODUCT AND SIZE OF OPERATION IN 100,000 TO 500,000 MTPY ORE. RIO TINTO(RHODESIA)LTD.IS 70% SUBSID.OF RIO TINTO ZINC. IN 1962 MINE WAS PRODUCING 17,000 OZ AU/YR. LOCATED 32 KM E OF GATOOMA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-OCT-1992 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

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