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Machedua, Massamba, Inhantipissa and Txizita Deposits

Occurrence in Mozambique with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium
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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. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008275
MRDS ID D000286
Record type Site
Current site name Machedua, Massamba, Inhantipissa and Txizita Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 32.00131, -14.9972 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mozambique(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Mozambique

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 32.00131, -14.9972
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MASSIVE DEPOSITS OF MAGNETITE (WITH HEMATITE) AND ILMENITE IN ANORTHTE (UN, 1970)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tete Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION BEING CONSIDERED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PUTZER (1970) GIVES A FIGURE OF 250,000,000 TONS, 50% FE2O3, 20% TIO2, 0.6% V2O5. ABOUT 800,000 SHORT TONS V

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UN, 1970, IRON RESOURCES OF THE WORLD

  • Deposit

    PUTZER, H., 1970, ERZMETALL, V. 23, NO. 7, P. 327-336 (ABS. IN CHEM. ABS. V. 73. NO. 18, NO. 89975 Z, 1970)

  • Deposit

    SEE ALSO USGS BULL. 1316.

  • Reserve-Resource

    UN, 1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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