Alamasi Mine

Producer in Shinyanga, Tanzania with commodity Diamond
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021397
MRDS ID DE00052
Record type Site
Current site name Alamasi Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 33.60957, -3.51477 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shinyanga(province)

Tanzania(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Tanzania Shinyanga

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diamond Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Kimberlite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 33.60957, -3.51477

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Shinyanga

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BETWEEN 500,000 AND 1,000,000 TONNES/YEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 50.

  • Deposit

    HARRIS, J.F., 1981, SUMMARY OF THE GEOLOGY OF TANGANYIKA.

  • 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 CURRENTLY THERE IS NO PRODUCTION BUT TREATMENT OF ORE FROM WILLIAMSON DIAMONDS LTD. HAS KEPT THIS AFFILIATION RUNNING [NDONDE, P.B. 1993].

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-89 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-93 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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