Kamativi Mine

Producer in Zimbabwe with commodity Tin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081100
MRDS ID W032802
Record type Site
Current site name Kamativi Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 27.06805, -18.33035 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Zimbabwe

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES FROM NIMA'S GEONAMES DATABASE ARE FOR KAMATIVI MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Columbite Gangue
Tantalite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) 27.06805, -18.33035

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kamativi Tin Mines, Ltd.

Comments on the workings information

  • U SHAFTS, ADIT, OPEN STOPING

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 684 ; ECON.YEAR: 1977 ; ECON.COM: MINE, CONCENTRATOR, SMELTER, REFINERY ? 1000 TONS TIN PRODUCED PER YEAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    E/MJ 1978; MM 1980; WAR MINERALS REPORT 1976-1977

  • Production

    E/MJ 1978.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.