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York West 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. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024323
MRDS ID ISM0023
Record type Site
Current site name York West Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.25135, -19.19695 (WGS84)
Elevation 1370
Relative position CLAIM; 1 KM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Zimbabwe

Comments on the location information

  • 18 KM S OF QUEQUE-NGEZI DAM RD.; 10 KM S OF YORK MINE

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) 30.25135, -19.19695
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Layered Intrusion

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULTING; GRABEN FORMATION; CRMT + FRSR + ENST/BRNZ + FE OXIDES; SRPN + CRSL
  • ALTERATION, FOLDING, FAULTING; ARCH; CRMT + SRPN + CLRT + TMLT; ALTERNATING LAYERS OF MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED CHROMITE OCCUR IN SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE IN UPPER PART OF ULTRAMAFIC ZONE OF BIRD RIVER SILL WHICH INTRUDED SUPRACRUSTAL ROCKS OF THE RICE LAKE GROUP AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DEFORMED DURING KENORAN OROGENY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1953
Year of last production 1982

Mining district

District name Great Dyke

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. V. Jefferey, L. H. Timmins, And R. G. Tulloch

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^47.1% Cr203
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cr2O3 Ore Chromium Chromium 47wt-pct
  • Year 1958
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^47.1% Cr203
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cr2O3 Ore Chromium Chromium 47wt-pct
  • Year 1958
    Period 1953-58
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^47.1% Cr203
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cr2O3 Ore Chromium Chromium 47wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN UNKNOWNMINING IN SEAM 5
  • NONE OR MINOR UNKNOWN

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • R1E DATA REPORTED AS DEPOSIT TOTALS FOR WINDSOR MINE (WINDSOR CHROME MINES LTD.)
  • R1M DATA REPORTED AS DEPOSIT TOTALS FOR WINDSOR MINE.
  • RR9: MEASURED AND INDICATED RESOURCES TO DEPTH OF 99 M ACROSS WIDTH OF 1.9 M AND STRIKE LENGTH OF 3048 M.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ( X ; UNDERGROUND WATER). CR/FE=2.97:1
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ( PROCESSING;). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(NO);

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORST, B.G., 1960, THE GREAT DYKE OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA: SOUTHERN RHODESIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 47, 234 P. (PA1, PA2, PA8)

  • Deposit

    THOMAS, P., 1982, WRITTEN COMMUN., MAS DATA: DENVER, COLO., U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. (RR1, RR8, RR9, RR16)

  • Production

    PA1, PA2, PA8: RF1, P. 230 PC1: RF1, P. 230

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). SURFACE-UNDERGROUND NONE
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Lipin Bruce R U.S. Geological Survey

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