United Tin Areas

Producer in Nigeria with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134476
MAS/MILS ID 7530150017
Record type Site
Current site name United Tin Areas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 8.88475, 9.91751 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nigeria(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Nigeria

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 8.88475, 9.91751

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner United Tin Areas Of Nigeria,Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nigeria
    Year 1974

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • COLUMBIUM, TIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    E/MJ, 1973-1974 INTL.DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL

  • Deposit

    PROCESSING OPERATIONS, MCGRAW HILL, N.Y., 1974, PP.107,

  • Deposit

    222.

  • Deposit

    DMA SERIES 1501 MAP, SHEET NC 32, SCALE 1:1,000,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPANY HELD 105 MINING LEASES OVER 7,447 ACRES IN 1974. 100% SUBSIDIARY OF UNITED TIN AREAS,LTD. NOT SURE OF LOCATION OF LEASES-ONLY KNOWN THAT OPERATIONS IN JOS PLATEAU AREA. CODED CO-ORDINATES ARE OF CITY OF JOS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUL-1994 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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