Wigu Hill Prospect

Unknown in Morogoro, Tanzania with commodities Niobium (Columbium), REE
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304763
MAS/MILS ID 7830450006
Record type Site
Current site name Wigu Hill Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 37.57119, -7.39777 (WGS84)
Elevation 600

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morogoro(province)

Tanzania(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Tanzania Morogoro

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Pyrochlore Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 37.57119, -7.39777

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 152.4M
    Width 1.2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PYRITIZATION
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1958

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner New Consolidated Goldfields Ltd
    Home office Tanzania
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOL SURV TANZANIA MEM 1 P 118

  • Deposit

    GEOL SURV TANZANIA BULL 37 P 55-56,69

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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