Wankie

Prospect in Zimbabwe with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023278
MRDS ID I000086
Record type Site
Current site name Wankie

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 26.48472, -18.3637 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Zimbabwe

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE IS FOR THE TOWN OF WANKIE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 219
USGS model code 31k.2
Deposit model name Fire clay

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 26.48472, -18.3637

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chiredzi District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE, 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ZIMBABWE - AN OVERVIEW, IN (SEE JEBEL GEREIN KYANITE) P. 123-129

  • Reserve-Resource

    GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE, 1981.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-89 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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