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Mangula

Producer in Zimbabwe with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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  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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255844
MAS/MILS ID 7960100007
Record type Site
Current site name Mangula
Alternate or previous names Molly Section, Silverside, Muriel, Miriam, Norah

Comments on the site names

  • OTHER NAMES: MIRIAM, MURIEL, MOLLY SECTION, SHACKLETON AND NORAH. FORMER OWNER: (MTD) MANGULA LTD.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 30.16384, -16.88039 (WGS84)
Elevation 1190
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Zimbabwe

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ABOUT 130 KM NW OF SALISBURY. MTD (MANGULA) LTD. IS A 100% SUBSIDIARY OF MESSINA TRANSVAAL DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 30.16384, -16.88039
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 20M
    Length 900M
    Width 100M
    Depth to top 300M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 830623

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRIKE AND DIP: N00S:80W
  • DISSEMINATED COPPER MINERALIZATION IN ARKOSES AND QUARTZ- ITES OF ARENACEOUS SERIES OF THE LOWER LOMAGUNDI.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1930
Mining method Open Stope - Sublevel
Year of first production 1958
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Lomagundi District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mhangura Copper Mines Ltd.
    Interest 45
    Home office Zimbabwe
    Year 1990
  • Type Owner
    Owner Zimbabwe Government.
    Interest 55
    Home office Zimbabwe
    Year 1990

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description 1695000 Tonnes Ore Mined 29243 Tonnes Cu Conc. @44.7% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 29243mt 45wt-pct
  • Year 1981
    Description 1667000 Tonnes Ore Mined 31132 Tonnes Cu Conc. @44.0% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 31132mt 44wt-pct
  • Year 1982
    Description 1749000 Tonnes Ore Mined 33732 Tonnes Cu Conc. @45.3% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 33732mt 45wt-pct
  • Year 1983
    Description 1750000 33361 Tonnes Cu Conc. @45.0% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 33361mt 45wt-pct
  • Year 1984
    Description 1283000 Tonnes Ore Mined 23254 Tonnes Cu Conc. @44.6% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 23254mt 45wt-pct
  • Year 1985
    Description 1740000 Tonnes Ore Mined 29971 Tonnes Cu Conc. @44.5% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 29971mt 45wt-pct
  • Year 1986
    Description 1665000 Tonnes Ore Mined 26872 Tonnes Cu Conc. @44.4% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 26872mt 44wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Measured 13146000mt ore
    Demonstrated 13146000mt ore
    Total resources 13146000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.04 wt-pct Copper Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Measured 12123000mt ore
    Demonstrated 12123000mt ore
    Total resources 12123000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.98 wt-pct Copper Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Demonstrated 16400000mt ore
    Total resources 16400000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.29 wt-pct Copper Major 1982
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Demonstrated 15100000mt ore
    Total resources 15100000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.27 wt-pct Copper Major 1983
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Demonstrated 14300000mt ore
    Total resources 14300000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.25 wt-pct Copper Major 1984
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Demonstrated 13600000mt ore
    Total resources 13600000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.25 wt-pct Copper Major 1985
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1986
    Demonstrated 12900000mt ore
    Total resources 12900000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.24 wt-pct Copper Major 1986
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Demonstrated 12700000mt ore
    Total resources 12700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.24 wt-pct Copper Major 1987
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Measured 12123000mt ore
    Demonstrated 12123000mt ore
    Total resources 12123000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.98 wt-pct Copper Major 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINING JOURNAL, 12/8/89, P462. (6/30/88) BROOK HUNT & ASSOC., COPPER STUDY, 1987 ED., P185. (6/30/87)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Percent Waste Rock 30
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 5000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE VEGETATION COVER OF SECONDARY FOREST AND GRASSLAND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MTD (MANGULA) LTD. ANNUAL REPORT, 1979.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GOLDER ASSOCIATES, INC. DEPOSIT PROFILE-MIRIAM, ZIMBABWE,

  • Reserve-Resource

    SEPTEMBER 1980.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, MHANGURA COPPER REVIEW, DEC. 8, 1989, P 462.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BH & A, P. 185 (1987 ED).

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, P. 462 (DEC. 8, 1989).

  • Reserve-Resource

    FINANCIAL TIMES INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOKS, MINING 1988, P.281.

  • Reserve-Resource

    FINANCIAL TIMES INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOKS, MINING 1992, P.272.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MHANGURA COPPER MINES LTD., 1990 ANNUAL REPORT, P.4.

  • Reserve-Resource

    FINANCIAL TIMES INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOKS, MINING 1993, P.247.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MHANGURA COPPER MINES LTD., 1991 ANNUAL REPORT, P.5.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, ANNUAL REVIEW, JUNE 1972, P.339.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, ANNUAL REVIEW, JUNE 1971, P.340.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, ANNUAL REVIEW, JUNE 1970, P.331.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, ANNUAL REVIEW, JUNE 1969, P.271.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, ANNUAL REVIEW, JUNE 1968, P.293.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, V.124, NO. 4, APR. 1963, P.263.

  • Deposit

    PELLETIER, R.A., SOUTHERN RHODESIA/MINERAL DEPOSITS IN

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA, OXFORD UNIV.

  • Deposit

    PRESS, CAPETOWN, 1964, PP.161-163.

  • Deposit

    DEKUN,N.,THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA, ELSEVIER PUBL. CO.

  • Deposit

    , LONDON, 1965, P.375.

  • Deposit

    TOOMBS,R.B. A SURVEY OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTHERN

  • Deposit

    AFRICA, DEPT.OF MINES AND TECHNICAL SURVEYS, OTTAWA, 1962,

  • Deposit

    PP.211-212.

  • Deposit

    JACOBSEN,W. THE GEOLOGY OF THE MANGULA COPPER DEPOSITS,S.

  • Deposit

    RHODESIA,IN SOME ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, GEOL.

  • Deposit

    SOC. OF S.AFRICA, JOHANNESBURG, V.2, 1964, PP.339-351.

  • Deposit

    WASPE,L.A. RECENT AFRICAN EXPERIENCE WITH THE AEROFALL MILL,

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, MARCH 1958, P. 142-144

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, ORE DRESSING NOTES, JAN. 1962, P. 27.

  • Deposit

    TYWDALE-BISCOE,R. AND STAGMAN,J.W. COPPER DEPOSITS IN SOUTH-

  • Deposit

    ERN RHODESIA, COMMISSION COOPERATION TECHNIQUE EN AFRIQUE,

  • Deposit

    LEOPOLDVILLE, PP.181-196.

  • Deposit

    STAGMAN,J.G. THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND MANGULA MINE,

  • Deposit

    LOMAGUNDI, AND URUNGWE DISTRICT, GEOL. SURV. OF S. RHODES-

  • Deposit

    IA, BULL. NO.46, 1959, PP.59-69.

  • Deposit

    MACGREGOR,A.M., THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND THE NORAH,

  • Deposit

    MOLLY(MANGULA),AND UMHOE COPPER CLAIM, LOMAGUNDI DISTRICT.

  • Deposit

    GEOL. SURV.OF S.RHODESIA, SHORT REPORT NO.25,1931.

  • Deposit

    MTD (MANGULA) LTD. ANNUAL REPORT, 1975.

  • Deposit

    MTD (MANGULA) LTD. ANNUAL REPORT, 1976.

  • Deposit

    DMA SERIES 1501 MAP, SHEET SE 36-1, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    NORAH MINE BROCHURE PRODUCED BY M.T.D. (MANGULA) LTD. BY

  • Deposit

    MR. J.S. ROBINS, SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT CHAMBER OF MINES,

  • Deposit

    RHODESIA.

  • Deposit

    /EM. 2322. 7/3. AEROFALL MILLING AT MANGULA, BY DR. F.G.H.

  • Deposit

    WEGENER - MINE MANAGER, SILVERSIDE - OCT. 31, 1980.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, " MANGULA MINE ". AUGUST, 1956, PG.27-28.

  • Deposit

    "MANGULA COPPER MINE", RHODESIAN MINING AND ENGINEERING -

  • Deposit

    FEBRUARY, 1961, PG. 34-47. (PARTS I AND II.)

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO.3,

  • Deposit

    "SYMPOSIUM ON GRANITES, GNEISSES AND RELATED ROCKS".

  • Deposit

    SALISBUTY, AUGUST/SEPTEMBER, 1971.

  • Deposit

    MINES HISTORY NO. 53, "MANGULA COPPER MINE", CHAMBER OF

  • Deposit

    MINES JOURNAL - MARCH 1967.

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY TRANSACTIONS SECTION A,

  • Deposit

    OCTOBER 1977.

  • Deposit

    "MANJULA INSTALLS ELECTRONIC HOIST LOADING CONTROL",

  • Deposit

    COAL GOLD + BASE MINERALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. JULY 1977,

  • Deposit

    PG. 25.

  • Deposit

    PCU VOL II, NO. 2, 6/31/84 P. 9.

  • Deposit

    MIN. ALERT 11/9/84 P. 6.

  • Deposit

    MJ, "A NEW PARTNER". 10/25/85 P. 330, 331.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, "FIRST HALF LOSS". MINING JOURNAL 3/13/87 -

  • Deposit

    P. 206.

  • Deposit

    "MHANGURA MUDDLE", SA MINING, COAL AND BASE MINERALS,

  • Deposit

    MARCH 1989 - P. 81.

  • Deposit

    MIN. J. 12/8/89 P. 462, "MHANGURA COPPER REVIEW".

  • Deposit

    MANGULA COPPER MINE, TRIP REPORT. SEPTEMBER 6TH, YEAR UN-

  • Deposit

    KNOWN.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 2/26/93, P.143.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-DEC-1994 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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