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Shangani

Producer in Zimbabwe with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Nickel
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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. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183110
MAS/MILS ID 7960200007
Record type Site
Current site name Shangani
Alternate or previous names No Alternate Names

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 29.00139, -20.0969 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Zimbabwe

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 90 KM NORTHWEST OF BULAWAYO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Pentlandite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 29.00139, -20.0969
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 140M
    Width 40M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 2
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Date of Last Modification 830712
  • Area 6015HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 6015
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIP OF ORE BODIES IS GIVEN AS 40 DEGREES SE. THERE ARE 2 SEPARATE OREBODIES DIVIDED BY A DEEP SERPENTINE ZONE OF ABOUT 159 METERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1968
Year of first production 1976
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Bulaqayo, Zimba

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. C. I. (Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Co.)
    Interest 49
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rhodesian Nickel Corp.
    Interest 51

Comments on the production information

  • 99 REFERS TO UNDERGROUND BOREHOLES.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Indicated 2580000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 0.51 wt-pct Nickel Major 1985
    Copper Cu 0.065 wt-pct Copper Minor 1985

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE GIVEN ABOVE IS FOR UNDERGROUND RESERVE; THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL 3,900,000 MT OF OPEN PIT ORE AVAILABLE. JOHANNESBERG CONS. INV. CO, (OW) 11/86- STATAUS OF MINE UNCLEAR
  • TONNAGE AND GRADE DEVELOPED FROM ZIMBABWE CHAMBER OF MINES, PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH PRE PROCESSING OF NICKEL ORE IN ZIMBABWE, 1987.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 370M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/WASTE ROCK 10-60
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 1
    Length of Inclines (m) 1676
    Number of Inclines 1
    Capacity 3350
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 27
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Year of Information 1981

Comments on other economic factors

  • SOURCE LISTS THE SHANGANI MINE AS SCHEDULED TO CLOSE BY 1994.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    NICKDATA, INC. NICKEL REFERENCE DATA, 1987. BINDURA UNIT.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL 1971 DEC. P. 523.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL 1970 P. 257 P 527.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE 1971 P. 181.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL 1972 P. 237.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE 1972 P. 81.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE 1973 P. 305, 307.

  • Deposit

    VILJOEN AND OTHERS 1976 ICON GEOL VOL. 71 NO. 1 P. 76.

  • Deposit

    STARTUP FOR NEW RHODESIAN NICKEL PRODUCER MINING MAG NOV. 75

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, O.H. "DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHANGANI NICKEL MINE."

  • Deposit

    CHAMBER OF MINES JOURNAL. DECEMBER 1979. PP. 25-27.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE. "MAJOR STRIDES IN RHODESIAN NICKEL MINING."

  • Deposit

    FEBRUARY 1972. P. 81.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE "START-UP FOR NEW RHODESIAN NICKEL PRODUCER.

  • Deposit

    " NOVEMBER 1975. P. 339.

  • Deposit

    SHANGANI MINING CORPORATION LIMITED. ANNUAL REPORTS: 1979

  • Deposit

    AND 1980.

  • Deposit

    STANGMAN, M.N. "AN OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY OF RHODESIA."

  • Deposit

    RHODESIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 80. PP. 33-34.

  • Deposit

    UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES. MINERALS YEARBOOK. 1967-75.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1975-SHANGANI MINE HAS BEGUN PROD. OPERATED BY SHANGANI MINING CORP. RESERVES-16 MILLION AT .92% NI AND .12% CU, INITIAL CONC FEED IS EXPECTED TO BE .81% NI, CONC ARE RAILED TO BINDURA SMELTER 300 MI AWAY. FULL CAPACITY OF 75000 TON/MO SHOULD BE ACHIEVED EARLY IN 76. DEPOSIT DISCOVERED INITIALLY BY AIRBORNE PROSPECTING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JAN-95 Bleiwas, Donald U.S. Bureau of Mines

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