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Congolone

Prospect in Mozambique with commodities Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023282
MRDS ID I000094
Record type Site
Current site name Congolone
Alternate or previous names Angoche

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 39.83453, -16.3304 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position DEPOSIT IS 15 KM NORTH OF ANGOCHE ON THE NORTHEAST COAST AND 700 KM NORTH OF THE PORT OF BEIRA., Estimated, Location Is Thought To Be Within 15 Km Of Deposit.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mozambique(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Mozambique

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Monazite Ore
Rutile Ore
Zircon Ore

Analytical data

Result A CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF ILMENITE FROM THIS DEPOSIT SHOWED 55.36% TIO2, 16.34% FEO, 25.71% FE2O3, 0.18% CR2O3, 0.072% P2O5, 0.063% V.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 121
USGS model code 39c
Deposit model name Shoreline placer Ti

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 39.83453, -16.3304
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Geological Survey Of Yugoslavia
Year of first production 1992

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kenmare Resources (Eire)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kenmare Resources (95%); Geological Survey Of Yugoslavia (5%)

Comments on the production information

  • THE DREDGE WILL HANDLE 2,000 T/H. ANNUAL CAPACITY IS EXPECTED TO BE 235,000 T SULPHATE-GRADE ILMENITE, 188,000 T STANDARD ILMENITE, 38,000 T ZIRCON, 8,000 T RUTILE, AND 1,000 T MONAZITE.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Total resources 4190000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    REE REE 1.87 wt-pct REE Major 1990
    Titanium, Metal TiO2 77.35 wt-pct Titanium Major 1990
    Zirconium ZrO2 6.88 wt-pct Zirconium Major 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINERAL SAND RESERVES ARE PROVEN RESERVES OF DREDGEABLE SANDS. DEPOSIT RESERVES ARE OPEN AT BOTH ENDS AND THREE AREAS FOR POSSIBLE RESERVE EXTENSION HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.

Comments on the workings information

  • DREDGE.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: 100. ; ECON.COM: PRODUCTION PLANNED FOR 1992. DEPOSIT TO BE WORKED BY DREDGE. ANNUAL REVENUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE $44 MILLION. A JETTY WILL BE BUILT CAPABLE OF HANDLING 30,000T VESSELS. FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS WERE STILL INCOMPLETE AT THE END OF 1989.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 1989, ZIRCONIUM COMES OF AGE: V. 313, NO. 8045, P. 390.

  • Deposit

    PRAST, W.G., 1990, MOZAMBIQUE, IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW 1990, P. 116-117.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 1990, PANORAMA: V. (MAY), P. 320.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 279, P. 10.

  • Deposit

    CILEK, V.G., 1989, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF MOZAMBIQUE: CZECH GEOLOGICAL OFFICE SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 326 P.

  • Deposit

    YUGOSLAVIA'S GEOLOSKI ZAVOD (GZ), 1983-

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, 1990; MINING MAGAZINE, 1990.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit First Production Year: SPG, 1992?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-MAY-95 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-JAN-90 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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