| Deposit ID | 10207949 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 7950000005 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Forbes Reef |
| Geographic coordinates: | 31.10141, -26.17968 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1395 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Swaziland(country)
| Country |
|---|
| Swaziland |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cassiterite | Unknown |
| (1) | 31.10141, -26.17968 |
|---|
| Thickness | 4M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth to top | 2.5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mbabane |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 7950000005 |
DAVIES,D.N:, THE TIN DEPOSITS OF SWAZILAND, TRANS OF THE GEO
OF S. AFRICA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 78-GENERAL-BELIEVE PAST PRODUCER, ELUVIAL DEPOSITS MINED BY G SLUICING, OVERBURDEN USUALLY .15 TO .45 M THICK; GRADE WAS (I BETWEEN 95 AND 570 GR./CUBIC METER. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Unknown | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.