Perseverence 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255687
MAS/MILS ID 7960150008
Record type Site
Current site name Perseverence Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 29.90135, -17.99701 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Zimbabwe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 29.90135, -17.99701

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1972

Mining district

District name Chakari

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Empress Nickel Mining Co.,Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TIMES ATLAS OF THE WORLD P55 1972

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL P237 1972

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL P126

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE P81 1972

  • Deposit

    E/MJ INT.DIR. 1975,P.263.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPERATING MINE & CONCENTRATOR, 1974 PROD.100 TO 500 THOU.T

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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