| Deposit ID | 10255696 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 7960250031 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Iron Sides |
| Alternate or previous names | Iron Sides Mine |
| Point of reference | Claim |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | 30.00886, -19.67002 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1400 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Midlands(province)
Zimbabwe(country)
Africa(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | Midlands |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Unknown |
| Claim (1) | 30.00886, -19.67002 |
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| Thickness | 7M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 300M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 80M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 60M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1904 |
| Mining method | Open Stope - Sublevel |
| Year of first production | 1916 |
| Milling method | Sizing |
| District name | Selukwe District |
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| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
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| Ownership category | Unknown |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Zimbawe Mining And Smelting Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Zimbabwe |
| Year | 1981 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 7960250031 |
ALREY, N.M. "A REVIEW OF CHROMITE MINING IN THE GREAT DYKE."
CHAMBER OF MINES JOURNAL. JUNE 1975. PP. 35-43.
COTTERILL, P. "THE CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF SELUKWE, RHODESIA."
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MONOGRAPH VOL. 4. PP. 154-186.
COTTERILL, P. "THE SELUKWE SCHIST BELT AND ITS CHROMITITE
DEPOSITS." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA. VOL. 5.
1979. PP. 229-245.
STOWE, CLIVE W. "ALPINE-TYPE STRUCTURES IN THE RHODESIAN
BASEMENT COMPLEX AT SELUKWE." JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY. LONDON. VOL. 130. 1974. PP. 411-425.
STOWE, C.W. "THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY SOUTH AND WEST OF
SELUKWE." RHODESIA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 59.
SALISBURY. 1968. PP. 178-180.
TINDALE, R. AND M.A. BISCOE. "THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTY
AROUND GWELO." SOUTHERN RHODESIA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
BULLETIN NO. 39. 1949. PP. 120-137.
WILSON, N.H. "NOTES ON THE MINING INDUSTRY OF SOUTHERN
RHODESIA." GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA.
PP. 55-59.
WORST, B.G. "THE GREAT DYKE OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA." SOUTHERN
RHODESIA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 47. 1960.
PP. 82-106, 186-231.
WORLD MINING, MARCH 1981, P.46
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LOCATED 1.2 KM SOUTHOF SELUKWE, THE IRONSIDES EXTENSION PRODUCED 3650 MT. OF ORE IN 1953-1954 AND 1645 MT. OF ORE IN 1957 RESPECTIVELY.-PROBABLY FROM OUTCROPS. IN 1976 SAMPLES OF ORE WERE BEING TAKEN FROM DEPTHS OF 84.2 TO 85.7 METERS AND 90.3 TO 91.5 METERS IN A BOREHOLE PUT DOWN ON THE PROPERTY. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY FROM 1969 STATES THAT THERE WERE TWO ADJACENT 15 METER WIDE BANDS COV- ERING A 600 METER LENGTH THAT CONTAINED ORE BODIES UP TO 9 M THICK. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 19-AUG-92 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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