Forbes Reef

Past Producer in Swaziland with commodity Tin
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207949
MAS/MILS ID 7950000005
Record type Site
Current site name Forbes Reef

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 31.10141, -26.17968 (WGS84)
Elevation 1395

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Swaziland(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Swaziland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) 31.10141, -26.17968

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4M
    Depth to top 2.5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 PEGMATITE
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Minimum Depth to Top 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Date of Last Modification 780808

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mbabane

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DAVIES,D.N:, THE TIN DEPOSITS OF SWAZILAND, TRANS OF THE GEO

  • Deposit

    OF S. AFRICA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 78-GENERAL-BELIEVE PAST PRODUCER, ELUVIAL DEPOSITS MINED BY G SLUICING, OVERBURDEN USUALLY .15 TO .45 M THICK; GRADE WAS (I BETWEEN 95 AND 570 GR./CUBIC METER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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