Hundusi Deposit

Occurrence in Morogoro, Tanzania with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008271
MRDS ID D000282
Record type Site
Current site name Hundusi Deposit
Alternate or previous names Western Uluguru Mtns, Hundusi,Chogo and Mligu Hills.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 37.00121, -6.99779 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morogoro(province)

Tanzania(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Tanzania Morogoro

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. LOC. IS APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 37.00121, -6.99779

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SEAMS AND VEINS OF TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE IN ANORTHOSITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Morogoro

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRIS, J. F., 1961, PT. 4, ECON. GEOL: TANGANYIKA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MEM. 1, P. 143, 1961.

  • Deposit

    U. N., 1970, IRON RESOURCES OF WORLD

  • Deposit

    ISHEGIZE, I.A., NOVEMBER , 1993-MINERAL RESOURCES DEPT. DODOMA, TANZANIA, ORAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    NDONDE, P.B., NOVEMBER, 1993- MINERAL RESOURCES DEPT. DODOMA, TANZANIA, ORAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Reserve-Resource

    HARRIS, 1961

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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