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Inyala

Producer in Zimbabwe with commodity Chromium
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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. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231903
MAS/MILS ID 7960200014
Record type Site
Current site name Inyala
Alternate or previous names Belingwe Podiform

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: 30.12637, -20.99683 (WGS84)
Elevation 1400
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Zimbabwe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) 30.12637, -20.99683
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 830628

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Stope - Sublevel
Year of first production 1800
Milling method Gravity

Mining district

District name Belingwe District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Various Small Owners
    Year 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OLD ADIT WAS FOR ENTIRE BELINGWE DISTRICT (INYALA AND 2 OTHER SMALL MINES. NEW (1990) ADIT IS FOR INYALA ONLY. PRODUCED FROM 1965-1977 WHEN SHUTDOWN DUE TO THE "WAR OF LIBER- ATION". REDEVELOPED MID-1983 TO MID-1985. FOR ANALYSIS: 32,000 MTPY ROM FOR: 11,000 MTPY LUMP AT 46.0 % CR2O3 AND 11,400 MTPY CONCS.AT 49 % CR2O3. PODIFORM RESOURCE.
  • 1/89 INSITU DEMO.TONNAGE = FOR POD #2 ONLY, TO 110 M VERT.DEPTH. 90 % REOVERY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 90
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 39.97
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PP.82-106, 186-231.

  • Deposit

    MINING IN RHODESIA, 1978. THOMSON NEWSPAPERS (PVT.) LTD.

  • Deposit

    SALISBURY.

  • Deposit

    VON GRURNEWALDT, G. CHROMITE RESOURCES AND PRODUCTION OF

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN AFRICA. INSTITUTE FOR GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON THE

  • Deposit

    BUSHVELD COMPLEX. DEPT. OF GEOLOGY. PRETORIA UNIV. 1981.

  • Deposit

    FACTS AND FIGURES OF THE CHROME INDUSTRY. RHODESIAN CHAMBER

  • Deposit

    OF MINES JOURNAL. JULY,1959.PP.16-19.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-AUG-92 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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