1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Lobatse

Past Producer in Botswana with commodity Manganese
Map
XML
JSON
KML
D
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003686
MRDS ID AD00006
Record type Site
Current site name Lobatse
Alternate or previous names Lobatse South

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 25.55147, -25.21334 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Botswana(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Botswana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) 25.55147, -25.21334
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 20-75 NE
    Length 3500M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1963

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALDOCK, J.W. (ED), 1977. RESOURCES INVENTORY OF BOTSWANA: METALLIC MINERALS, MINERAL FUELS AND DIAMONDS. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BOTSWANA, MIN. RES. REPORT, 4:40-42

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL ORE DISPLACEMENTS BY FAULTS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site