Buchwabuhwa

Producer in Zimbabwe with commodities Iron, Silica, Sulfur
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. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10232168
MAS/MILS ID 7960200025
Record type Site
Current site name Buchwabuhwa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.40136, -20.58017 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Zimbabwe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Silica Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 30.40136, -20.58017

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Buchwa Iron Mining Co.(Pvt.) Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Year 1973

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Inferred 134000000mt ore
    Total resources 134000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 63 wt-pct Iron Major 1979
    Silica SiO2 5 wt-pct Silica Trace 1979
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P 0.03 wt-pct Phosphorus 1979
    Sulfur S 0.02 wt-pct Sulfur Trace 1979
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 20400000mt ore
    Total resources 20400000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 61 wt-pct Iron Major 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SIO2 CONTENT FROM 4-6%.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNITED NATIONS. SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES, DEPT.

  • Reserve-Resource

    OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS, NEW YORK, 1970, PP.83,90.

  • Reserve-Resource

    AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUN 93,P. 36.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED 8 KM FROM INGEZI STATION; 26 KM SE OF SHABANI. PRODUCTION CAPACITY(IN 1967?) WAS 540,000 MTPY OF 66% FE PRODUCT. PRODUCT EXPORTED TO JAPAN. ORE CRUSHED, SCREENED, WASHED AND SCREENED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-AUG-1994 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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