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Chitipa

Prospect in Malawi with commodity Stone, Dimension
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023348
MRDS ID I000228
Record type Site
Current site name Chitipa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 33.26793, -9.71426 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malawi(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Malawi

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT IS IN NORTHWEST MALAWI NEAR ZAMBIAN BORDER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 33.26793, -9.71426
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Khalid'S Construction Ltd.(?)

Comments on development

  • FEASIBILITY STUDY HAS BEEN COMPLETED. ; ECON.COM: THE DEPOSIT IS ESTIMATED TO BE WORTH #100 MILLION (1991).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 1991, TENDERS: V. 316, NO. 8116, P. 259

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, 1991.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IS A RARE DEEP BLUE SODALITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1991 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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