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Lynx

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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207365
MAS/MILS ID 7960100066
Record type Site
Current site name Lynx

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 29.30134, -16.43043 (WGS84)
Elevation 700
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Zimbabwe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 29.30134, -16.43043
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N56W
    Dip 45N
    Thickness 3M
    Length 1580M
    Width 230M
    Depth to top 100M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATIFORM
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N56W:45N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 850402
  • Area 20.5HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20.5
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Year of first production 1966

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Industrial Development Corp. - Zimbabwe Government
    Interest 50
    Home office Zimbabwe
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Grafitwerk Kropfmuhl
    Interest 50
    Home office Germany Fr
    Year 1982

Production statistics

  • Year 1967
    Description 17260 Mt Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Graphite Graphite 17260mt
  • Year 1968
    Description 17260 Mt Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Graphite Graphite 17260mt
  • Year 1969
    Description 17260 Mt Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Graphite Graphite 17260mt
  • Year 1970
    Description 17260 Mt Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Graphite Graphite 17260mt
  • Year 1971
    Description 17260 Mt Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Graphite Graphite 17260mt
  • Year 1972
    Description 17260 Mt Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Graphite Graphite 17260mt
  • Year 1973
    Description 17260 Mt Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Graphite Graphite 17260mt
  • Year 1974
    Description 17260 Mt Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Graphite Graphite 17260mt
  • Year 1975
    Description 23474 Mt Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Graphite Graphite 23474mt
  • Year 1976
    Description 23474 Mt Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Graphite Graphite 23474mt
  • Year 1977
    Description 23474 Mt Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Graphite Graphite 23474mt
  • Year 1978
    Description 17606 Mt Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Graphite Graphite 17606mt
  • Year 1979
    Description 23474 Mt Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Graphite Graphite 23474mt
  • Year 1980
    Description 23474 Mt Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Graphite Graphite 23474mt
  • Year 1981
    Description 31456 Mt Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Graphite Graphite 31456mt
  • Year 1982
    Description 40499 Mt Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Graphite Graphite 40499mt

Comments on the production information

  • BECAUSE THE FEED GRADE IN 1982 IS LOWER THAN IN LATER YEARS, THE OUTPUT TONNAGE OF THE TWO PRODUCTS IS LOWER IN 1982 THAN IN LATER YEARS. PA AND PC ARE BOTH GRAPHITE A PRODUCT, AND PB AND PD ARE BOTH GRAPHITE B PRODUCT. THE GRAPHITE A PRODUCT IS A CRYSTALLINE FLAKE MATERIAL THAT IS ALMOST ENTIRELY +80 MESH IN SIZE AND IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE A CARBON CONTENT OF ABOUT 90 PERCENT. IT IS BELIEVED THAT LYNX PRODUCES A "CONCENTRATE" PRODUCT AND A "FLAKE POWDER" PRODUCT. FOR PURPOSES OF EVALUATION, THESE TWO PRODUCTS WERE COMBINED AS GRAPHITE B WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE A CARBON CONTENT OF ABOUT 90 PERCENT AND WHICH WOULD CONTAIN FLAKES VARYING IN SIZE FROM -140 MESH TO +40 MESH. THE AVERAGE FLAKE SIZE WOULD PROBABLY BE BETWEEN 80 AND 140 MESH. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE "CONCENTRATE" WOULD MAKE UP ABOUT 90 PERCENT OF THE GRAPHITE B PRODUCT WITH "FLAKE POWDER" MAKING UP THE OTHER 10 PERCENT. GRAPHITE A ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 12 PERCENT OF TOTAL PRODUCTION, AND GRAPHITE B ACCOUNTS FOR THE REMAINING 88 PERCENT. IN 1982, 78 PERCENT OF SALES WERE MADE THROUGH GRAPHITWERK KROPFMUHL IN HAMBURG, W. GERMANY. REMAINING SALES WERE 3.4 PERCENT TO ZIMBABWE BUYERS, 11.7 PERCENT TO SO. AFRICA, AND 7.4 PERCENT TO THE U.S.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M1C1=M9C4. RESOURCES CALCULATED FROM OREBODY GEOMETRY. INCLUDES 90 PERCENT MINE RECOVERY AND 5 PERCENT DILUTION. GRADE GIVEN IS FOR 1982 ONLY. GRADE FOR 1983 AND LATER IS 24.97 PERCENT CARBON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 150M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/WASTE ROCK 10-60
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 3
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 196
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 18.7
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 207
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1982
  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 150M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/WASTE ROCK 10-60
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 3
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 196
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 18.7
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 312
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1982
  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 150M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 3
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/WASTE ROCK 10-60
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 3
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 196
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 18.7
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 267
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • MINE-TO-MILL TRANSPORTATION COSTS ARE INCLUDED IN MINE OP. COST. PRODUCTS ARE SHIPPED 85 KM TO CHINHOYI BY TRUCK AT A COST OF $0.15/MT-KM, THEN 800 KM TO THE SO. AFRICAN BORDER BY RAIL AT A COST OF $0.03/MT-KM, THEN 1200 KM BY RAIL TO THE PORT OF DURBAN, SO. AFRICA AT A COST OF $0.025/MT-KM. THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE RAIL COST IS $0.027/MT-KM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRITANNICA ATLAS WITH RAND-MCNALLY PLATES

  • Deposit

    INTERVIEWS WITH GRAPHITWERK KROPFMUHL PERSONNEL THOMAS FREY,

  • Deposit

    COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR, AND KARL GOHLA, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR,

  • Deposit

    CONDUCTED BY INVESTIGATORS T.P. OXFORD AND A.R. STILL,

  • Deposit

    6/27-28/83.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COST DATA FOR THIS PROPERTY WERE GATHERED UNDER BUREAU OF MINES CONTRACT J0225019, "THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING AND COST DATA FOR FOREIGN GRAPHITE PROPERTIES"; THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, INC. IN SEPTEMBER 1982.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-MAY-86 Z&W Inc U.S. Bureau of Mines

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