Freda and Rebecca

Plant in Zimbabwe with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Production statistics
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10232074
MAS/MILS ID 7960100070
Record type Site
Current site name Freda and Rebecca

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 31.34742, -17.31176 (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) 31.34742, -17.31176

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Filled Stopes
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Hydromet
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cluff Mineral Exploration (Zimbabwe) Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Zimbabwe
    Year 1991

Production statistics

  • Year 1992
    Description Gold Production 68312 Ounces Of Gold.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2124740.99g
  • Year 1993
    Description Ore Milled 1157000 Metric Tons @ 2.15 G/Mt.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 1157000mt 2g/mt
  • Year 1993
    Description Production Of Gold Bullion 2 Metric Tons.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Indicated 3875000mt ore
    Demonstrated 3875000mt ore
    Total resources 3875000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.93 g/mt Gold Major 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL (E & MJ), P. 31 (MAY 1993).

  • Production

    MINING JOURNAL, P. 139 (AUG. 27, 1993).

  • Production

    E & MJ, P. 2 (NOV. 1993).

  • Reserve-Resource

    E& MJ, P. 31 (MAY 1993).

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, P. 434 (DEC. 24-31, 1993).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-AUG-1994 Slater, Linda C. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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