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Inyati

Producer in Manicaland, Zimbabwe with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207832
MAS/MILS ID 7960050021
Record type Site
Current site name Inyati
Alternate or previous names Inyati Section, Uitkyk Section, Dora Section, Era Central&East Section, Headlands Copper Properties, Arnoldine Section, Sutton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 32.23132, -18.21699 (WGS84)
Elevation 1200

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Manicaland(province)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Zimbabwe Manicaland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 32.23132, -18.21699
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 85N
    Thickness 15M
    Length 4200M
    Width 300M
    Depth to top 150M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N60E:85N
    Minimum Depth to Top 10
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 15
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10
    Date of Last Modification 820622

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1970

Mining district

District name Headlands

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Corsyn Consolidated Mines Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • DEPOSITS FIRST DISCOVERED NEAR TURN OF CENTURY, FIRST PEGGED IN 1906 (KNOWN AS "HEADLANDS COPPER PROPERTIES"- MAKONE, DORA AND NKOOI BLOCKS). CLAIMS REPEGGED IN 1908 BY RHODESIA CONSOLIDATED LTD. WHO WORKED CLAIMS UNTIL 1911. VARIOUS COMPANIES HELD CLAIMS FROM 1911-1937.TITLES FORFEITED IN 1937 AND NOT REPEGGED UNTIL 1948. LITTLE WORK DONE UNTIL MID-1967 WHEN DIAMOND DRILLING PROGRAM BEGUN. FIRST MINE PRODUCTION ABOUT 1969, 1ST STAGE OF REFINERY COMPLETE IN 1970.
  • GRADES FOR AG & AU ARE BASED UPON YIELD (100% RECOVERY), SO RECOVERIES FOR AU & AG IN YIELD RECORDS ARE BASED UPON 100 % RECOVERY OF AG & AU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 100M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/WASTE ROCK 10-60
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 11
    Capacity 1333
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 10.78
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, ANNUAL REVIEW, JUNE,1970, P.333.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, ANNUAL REVIEW, JUNE,1971, P.340.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, ANNUAL REVIEW, JUNE,1972, P.340.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, APRIL 1971, P.265.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, MAR. 1972, P.201.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, A.E., THE GEOLOGICAL SETTING OF COPPER ORE BODIES

  • Deposit

    AT INYATI MINE, HEADLANDS DISTRICT, RHODESIA: IN SYMPOSIUM

  • Deposit

    ON GRANITES,GNEISSES AND RELATED ROCKS, GEOL. SOC. OF S.

  • Deposit

    AFRICA, SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO.3, 1973, PP.189-196.

  • Deposit

    CORONATION SYNDICATE LTD. 1975 ANNUAL REPORT.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, FEB. 1977, P.73

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, MARCH 1978, P.116.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING,MARCH 1974.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING,APRIL 1977, P.96.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, MARCH 1972, P. 201.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE IS OWNED & OPERATED BY CORSYN CONSOL. WHICH IS A WHOLLY- OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF CORONATION SYNDICATE,LTD.OF S.A. TWEEFONTEIN UNITED COLLERIES LTD. IS HOLDING COMPANY FOR CORONATION SYND. AND LONRHO LTD. IS ULTIMATE HOLDING COMPANY. DEPLETION ALLOWANCE = 5% FOR BASE METALS AND 15% FOR PRECIOUS METALS. LOCATED 21 KM ENE OF HEADLANDS, A VILLAGE APPROXIMATELY MIDWAY BETWEEN SALISBURY AND UMTALI ON MAIN ROAD AND RAILWAY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JAN-1995 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

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