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Lisungwe

Occurrence in Malawi with commodity PGE
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038693
MRDS ID M046111
Record type Site
Current site name Lisungwe

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 34.75127, -15.16385 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROX 45 MILES NW ZOMBA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malawi(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Malawi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
PGE Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 34.75127, -15.16385
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blantyre

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1. COLONIAL OFFICE, 1959 IN BEARD, E. H., ED, OVERSEAS GEOL. & MIN. RES., V. 7, P. 416

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RARE GRAINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Snyder, Walter S. 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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