Shackleton Mine

Producer in Zimbabwe with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10232201
MAS/MILS ID 7960100002
Record type Site
Current site name Shackleton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.00135, -17.49706 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Zimbabwe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 30.00135, -17.49706

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 820622

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1971

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Messina [Transvaal] Development Co Ltd
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Lomagundi Smelting And Mining (Pvte) Ltd
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Capacity 1180
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 1971 101 124 NO4P263

  • Deposit

    SKINNERS INTERNATIONAL MINING YEARBOOK 1973-74

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-JUN-1995 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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