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Kazumu

Prospect in Uganda with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
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  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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10280196
MAS/MILS ID 7780850003
Record type Site
Current site name Kazumu

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.35128, -0.93163 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uganda(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Uganda

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED LOCATION BASED ON CO-ORDINATES GIVEN IN GALLAGHER IS A MINE 8 KM NE OF CHONDO INTERSECTION, ABOUT 36 KM SW OF MBARARA. HIGHLY DECOMPOSED PEGMATITE. HAND-PICKING AT UNDERGROUND FACES AT KAZUMU RESULTS IN RECOVERY OF ONLY 25 % OF BERYL. RESERVE ESTIMATE AS RESULT OF 1958-1961 UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY WAS 450,000 TONS AT 0.027 % BEO (0.010 % BE).-INDICATED AND INFERRED LEVELS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 30.35128, -0.93163
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GALLAGHER, M.J. PHOSPHATES AND OTHER MINERALS IN PEGMATITES

  • Deposit

    OF RHODESIA AND UGANDA, MINERALOGICAL MAGAZINE, V.36,1967,

  • Deposit

    PP.50-59.

  • Deposit

    REEDMAN, A.J. AND LOWENSTEIN, P.L., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE

  • Deposit

    BERYL-BEARING PEGMATITES OF S.W. UGANDA, TRANS., INST. OF

  • Deposit

    MINING AND METALLURGY, V. 80, 1971, PP.B4-B17.

  • Deposit

    BARNES, J.W.(ED.) THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF UGANDA, GEOL.

  • Deposit

    SURVEY OF UGANDA, BULL. NO. 4, 1961, 89 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUL-1994 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

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