Bunduki

Occurrence in Morogoro, Tanzania with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090248
MRDS ID AD00319
Record type Site
Current site name Bunduki

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 37.63452, -7.03113 (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

  • AT MGETA RIVER, ULUGURU MOUNTAINS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wad Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result LO1 MNO TE203 INSOLUBLES (Q-SAND) CU0 NI0 LOO MGO BAO AL203 TIO2 21.8% 15.3% 15.2% 35.0% 0.1% AB 0.6% 0.3% 1.69% 7.6% 0.2%

Nearby scientific data

(1) 37.63452, -7.03113

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SOIL HORIZON

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

    BASSET, H., 1957, NEW AND OLD MINERALS IN TANGANYIKA. REC. GEOL. SURV. TANGANYIKA, 1: 63-64

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SITE NAME OF A NEARBY VILLAGE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Pracejus, Bernard.M. Adelaide University
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.