Somirwa (Societe Miniere De Rwanda)

Past Producer in Rwanda with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000741
MRDS ID ISM0559
Record type District
Current site name Somirwa (Societe Miniere De Rwanda)
Alternate or previous names Gifuruwe (Kifuruwe), Mine/Colon Marchal's Mine, Kagogo Mine/Colon St Inghlam Bert's Mine, Bugurama

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 29.85128, -1.64827 (WGS84)
Relative position EAST OF RUHENGERI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rwanda(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Rwanda

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 29.85128, -1.64827

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name FOLDING
Structure description FOLDED GRAPHITIC SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1926
Year of first production 1940

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner SOMIRWA (SOCIETE MINIERE DE RWANDA)
  • Type Operator
    Owner SOMIRWA (SOCIETE MINIERE DE RWANDA)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANON., THE MINING JOURNAL LIMITED, 1981, RWANDA, IN THE MINING JOURNAL LIMI TED, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1981, P. 495.

  • Deposit

    KURTANJEK,M.P., 1986, RWANDA, IN THE MINING JOURNAL LIMITED, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1986, P. 408-409.

  • Deposit

    KURTANJEK,M.P., 1985, RWANDA, IN THE MINING JOURNAL LIMITED, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1985, P. 433.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, FINANCIAL TIMES INTERNATIONAL YEAR BOOKS: MINING 1985, 1984, CIE GEO MINES, P. 95.

  • Deposit

    TANDY,B.C., 1984, RWANDA, IN THE MINING JOURNAL LIMITED, MINING ANNUAL REVI EW - 1984, P. 95.

  • Deposit

    ANON., 1979, THE MINING JOURNAL LIMITED, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1979, P. 51 6

  • Deposit

    DE KUN,N., 1965, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA, ELSEVIER PUBLISHING COMPA NY, AMSTERDAM, 478 P.

  • Deposit

    FRISCH,W., 1971, DIE ZINN-WOLFRAM-PROVINZ IN TWANDA (ZENTRAL-AFRIKA)- AUS M ONTANGEOLOGISCHER SICHT, ERZMETALL, BAND 24, HEFT 12, P. 593-600.

Beyond USGS

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