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Caesar Mine

Producer in Zimbabwe with commodity Chromium
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  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. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024312
MRDS ID ISM0011
Record type Site
Current site name Caesar Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.718, -17.49705 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Zimbabwe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
    Rock unit name Hartley Complex
    Rock description Hartley Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) 30.718, -17.49705
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Layered Intrusion

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1950
Year of last production 1982

Mining district

District name Great Dyke

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Anglo-American International Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rhodall Ltd.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DAVIES, R. D., ALLSOPP, H. L., ERLANK, A. J., AND MANTON, W. I., 1970, SR - ISOTOPIC STUDIES ON VARIOUS LAYERED INTRUSIONS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA, SPECIAL PUBLICATION 1, P. 576-593. (G2C)

  • Deposit

    MINING AND ENGINEERING, 1980, RHODALL FLOTATION DRAWS ATTENTION TO CHROME: MINING AND ENGINEERING, V. 45, NO. 6, P. 10-13.

  • Deposit

    THOMAS, P., 1982, WRITTEN COMMUN., MAS DATA: DENVER, COLO., U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. (RR4, RR9)

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 1980, ZIMBABWE - THE MINING SCENE: MINING JOURNAL, V. 294, NO. 7557, P. 497-500. (C17, PA1, PA8, RR8, L11)

  • Production

    PA1, PA8: RF2, P. 10

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 Lipin, Bruce R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1983 Lipin, Bruce R. U.S. Geological Survey

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