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Wedza Mine

Producer in Zimbabwe with commodities Platinum, Nickel, Iridium, Palladium, Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109569
MRDS ID M046356
Record type Site
Current site name Wedza Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 29.8097, -20.28772 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 MILES WEST OF SHABANI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Zimbabwe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Iridium Critical Secondary
Palladium Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Sperrylite Ore

Analytical data

Result PANNED CONCENTRATES FROM THE WEDZA COMPLEX IN PERCENT: PT = 94.1, PD = 3.4, IR = 1.4, AU = .60, CU = .20, NI = .10

Nearby scientific data

(1) 29.8097, -20.28772
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SHEET (REEF)
    Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1926 - 1928

Mining district

District name Belingwe District

Comments on the production information

  • 1338 TONS OF CONCENTRATES SHIPPED TO LONDON. PLATINUM TENORS RANGED FROM 15 TO 258 OZ/TON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. PT METALS: USGS PROF. PAPER 630, P. 49

  • Deposit

    WORST, 1960, THE GREAT DYKE OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA: S. RHODESIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 47, P. 124 - 125

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, 1929, PT DEPOSITS AND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA: STRUIK (PTY) LTD., CAPETOWN 1973, P. 249

  • Production

    MERTIE 1969

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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