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Beardmore

Occurrence in Zimbabwe with commodity Tungsten
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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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024815
MRDS ID ISM0567
Record type Site
Current site name Beardmore

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 31.46801, -19.96911 (WGS84)
Relative position BEARDMORE MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Zimbabwe

Comments on the location information

  • CONNECTED TO HAVRE-ST. PIERRE, A COMMUNITY ON THE NORTH SHORE OF THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER (APPROXIMATELY 965 KM DOWNSTREAM FROM MONTREAL) BY A 43 KM LONG RAILWAY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TUNGSTEN
  • TITANIUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Bulawayan System
    Rock description Bulawayan System
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 31.46801, -19.96911
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Contact Aureole Of Precambrian Granite

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; SCL + EPDT + VSVN + GRNT + ACNL + QRTZ + CLCT; SKARN ASSEMBLAGE IS SUPPOSEDLY DUE TO METASOMATISM OF CARBONATE VEIN MATERI AL.
  • ; ILMN AND HMTT. SMALL AMOUNTS OF MGNT AND MAGNESIUM TITANATE MGO.TIO2. RATIO OF ILMN TO HMTT ABOUT 2 TO 1. MGNT 1 TO 2 PER CENT OF ORE. GANGUE: PLGC WITH PRXN, BOTT, SPNL; PYRT AND CLCP ACCOUNT FOR 0.3% S.; OREBODY OCCURS MAINLY AS A LARGE SHEET OR LENS LOCATED A FEW KM INSIDE THE ANORTHOSITE MARGIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Year of first production 1929
Year of last production 1987

Mining district

District name Victoria

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Messina (Tvl) Development Co. Ltd.
    Home office P.O. Glen Cova

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 2 000 000 MTPY ILMENITE ORE, 650 000 MTPY PIG IRON (400 000 MTPY AS STEEL, 51 000 MTPY AS IRON POWDER, AND 37 000 MTPY AS STEEL POWDER). ORE IS TRANSPORTED TO HAVRE-ST. PIERRE AND SENT BY SHIP TO SOREL, QUEBEC, SOME 900 KM AWAY ON THE SOUTH SHORE OF THE ST. LAWRENCE, FOR TREATMENT. UP TO 450 000 MT PER YEAR OF PIG IRON COULD BE CONVERTED INTO STEEL IN PROPOSED NEW PLANT. UNKNOWNAVERAGE INCLUDES A LOW PRODUCTION YEAR - 1979. NO DATA AVAILABLE FOR 1983 AND 1984. NO DATA AVAILABLE FOR 1983 AND 1984. THE QUALITY OF THE TITANIUM DIOXIDE SLAG PRODUCED WAS INCREASED FROM 70-72% TIO2 TO 80% TIO2 BY A PROCESS MODIFICATION INTRODUCED IN 1983.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SOME 150 000 MT OF ORE SHIPPED FROM GRADER DEPOSIT IN 1950-51.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ().
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ( ENVIRONMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS; X; QIT SLAG YET TO BE ACCEPTED BY TITANIUM CHLORIDE PRODUCERS). ASSESSMENT(LARGE LOW GRADE POTENTIAL IN AREA.); THE NEW HIGH TITANIA (80% TIO2) SLAG AND THE PROPOSED PARTIAL STEEL CAPACITY WILL IMPROVE MARKETABILITY AND MARKET FLEXIBILITY (CALLED SORELAG). ALSO PRODUCED ARE A LOW MN PIG IRON (SORELMETAL) AND AN UNNPROCESSED ILMENITE (SORELFLUX). UNKNOWN UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MARTIN,H.J. 1964, THE BIKITA TINFIELD, SOUTHERN RHODESIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 58, 147P.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON,C.B., 1979, TUNGSTEN IN RHODESIA, IN ANNALS OF THE RHODESIA GEOLOG ICAL SURVEY, VOL. IV, RHODESIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 76-82.

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.).
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 0 AT SOREL, QUEBEC: TO TITANIFEROUS SLAG AND PIG IRON.
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900S?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1987 Sinclair, W.David Geological Survey of Canada

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