Golden Valley

Producer in Zimbabwe with commodity Gold
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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134788
MAS/MILS ID 7960150055
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Valley

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 29.80965, -18.21921 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Zimbabwe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 29.80965, -18.21921

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Milling method Unspecified

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEKUN,N,THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA.ELSEVIER PUBL.CO.

  • Deposit

    LONDON,1965,P.326.

  • Deposit

    DMA MAP SERIES 1501.SHEET SE 35-12.SCALE 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED 17.5 KM NW OF GATOOMA. IN 1981 WAS PRODUCING 12,000 OZ AU/YR FROM 60,000 MTPY ORE--WAS NOT ANALYZED FOR THE 1983 AVAILABILITY STUDY (TOO SMALL). 1984 PROD.WAS 10,600 OZ AU. WILL NOT ANALYZE FOR THE 1992 AU AVAILABILITY STUDY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-AUG-1996 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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