| Deposit ID | 10079580 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W029613 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Shangani |
| Alternate or previous names | Damba Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | 29.25137, -19.6636 (WGS84) |
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| Relative position | 60 MILES NE OF BULAWAYO, 15 KM FROM SHANGANI |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Zimbabwe(country)
Africa(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country |
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| Zimbabwe |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Nickel Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Platinum Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Pentlandite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Serpentine | Gangue |
| Result | COPPER NICKEL RATIO 1:10 |
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| Model code | 11 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 6a |
| Deposit model name | Komatiitic Ni-Cu |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite | ||
| Rock unit name | Sebakwian Group;Bulawayan | ||
| Rock description | Sebakwian Group;Bulawayan | ||
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| (1) | 29.25137, -19.6636 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Archaean Greenstone Belt |
| General form | POD,LENS |
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| Dip | 40 DEG. SE |
| Length | 140M |
| Width | 80M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1969 |
| Year of first production | 1975 |
| District name | Bulawayo District |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Shangani Mining Corp. Ltd. (Johannesburg Cons. Invest. Corp. 54 %) |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Johannesburg Cons, Investment Co. Ltd. |
| Year | 1979 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1975-1979 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.85% Ni | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 20000000000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1972 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 25000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W029613 |
PETERS H.D.:NICKEL,1975
E/M.J.(1975) P. 264
W.M. 12.75
DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- NICKEL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.
ISMI
DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINE AND CONCENTRATOR, THE NICKEL CONCENTRATE IS BEING RAILED 200 MILES TO THE RHODESIAN NICKEL CORPORATION LTD. (ANGLO AMERICAN CORP. OF SOUTH AFRICA LTD. GROUP) SMELTER AT BINDURA WHERE IT WILL BE SMELTED AND REFINED ALONG WITH CONCENTRATE FROM RHONICKEL'S BINDURA AND MADZIWA MINES UNDER TERMS OF AN AGREEMENT SIGNED IN 1974.THERE IS AN ANNUAL RATE OF ABOUT 900,000 TONNES OF ORE TO THE CONCENTRATOR FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1977 | Saam, Henning G. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1988 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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