Umgababa Deposit

Producer in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa with commodity Titanium
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 60000762
MRDS ID ISM0594
Record type District
Current site name Umgababa Deposit
Alternate or previous names South Natal Coast Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.85147, -30.12973 (WGS84)
Relative position TOTAL STRIKE LENGTH OF DEPOSITION IS APPROXIMATELY 6 KM. ELEVATION: 20M A.S.L.PLACER, MARINE"

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kwazulu-Natal(province)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
South Africa Kwazulu-Natal

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 30.85147, -30.12973

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description COASTAL SAND DUNES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1948
Year of first production 1955
Year of last production 1963

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner UMGABABA MINERALS LTD
  • Type Operator
    Owner UMGABABA MINERALS LTD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LANGTON, G. AND JACKSON, E.J., 1961, RECOVERY OF ILMENITE, RUUTILE AND ZIRCON AT UMGABABA: PROCEEDINGS OF 7TH CMMI CONGRESS, APRIL 1961.

  • Deposit

    HAMMERBECK, E.C.I., 1976. TITANIUM: MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, 5TH EDITION, P. 221-226.

Beyond USGS

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