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Nile Mining Operation

Producer in Sudan 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106763
MRDS ID ISM0042
Record type Site
Current site name Nile Mining Operation
Alternate or previous names Kreiter Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 34.00127, 11.28392 (WGS84)
Relative position ORE BODY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sudan(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Sudan

Comments on the location information

  • N OF VILLAGE OF GABANIT, EASTERN SUDAN NEAR ETHIOPIAN BORDER

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 Basement Complex Group
    Rock description Basement Complex Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 34.00127, 11.28392
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ultramafic Portion Of Ophiolite

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; LENS OF CHROMITE 150 M LONG AND A FEW METERS WIDE. THE ROCK TYPES WHICH MAKE UP THE INTRUSIVE BODY INCLUDE SERPENTINITE, TALC-CARBONATE SCHISTS, PERIDOTITE, EPIDORITE, NORITE, AND GABBRO.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1969
Year of last production 1982

Mining district

District name Ingessana Hills District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nile Chromium Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • PA1, PA2: CHROMITE PRODUCTION FROM TWO OPERATING MINES IN SUDAN - JEBEL JAM AND KREITER. KREITER MINE IS PRIVATELY OWNED; SMALL, BUT PRODUCTIVE OPERATION. PC1: CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION FOR KREITER MINE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • R1E DATA REPORTED AS DISTRICT TOTALS FOR INGESSANA HILLS MINING AREA (INGESSANA HILLS DISTRICT).

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ( X ;ORE FROM THIS DISTRICT IS EXPORTED THROUGH PORT SUDAN OVER RAILWAY LINE IN NEED OF REPAIR.). CR/FE = 3:1; CHROMITE IS EXTRACTED BY OPEN-CAST MINING (PIT DIMENSIONS IN 1970 WERE 120 M X 13 M X 3 M).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAIL, J. R., 1978, OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE SUDAN AND ADJACENT AREAS: LONDON, INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, OVERSEAS GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES NO. 49, 66 P. (G2C, C18, PC1, L1-L11, G13)

  • Deposit

    SHADDAD, M. Z., 1979, SUDAN, IN MINING ANNUAL REVIEW 1979: MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, P. 514-515. (PA1, PA2, PA8)

  • Deposit

    DUKE, V. W. A., 1982, CHROMIUM--A MINERAL COMMODITY REVIEW: SOUTH AFRICA MINERALS BUREAU INTERNAL REPORT 86, 317 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 1977, ANONYMOUS REPORT FROM KHARTOUM (SUDAN): UNCLASSIFIED EMBASSY AIRGRAM A-19, 1 P. (PA2E)

  • Production

    PA1, PA2, PA8: RF2, P. 515; PA2E: RF4 PC1, PC8: RF1, P. 49

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Lipin, Bruce R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1983 Lipin, Bruce R. U.S. Geological Survey

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