1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Kanungu

Prospect in Uganda with commodities Tantalum, Tungsten
Map
XML
JSON
KML
D
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 10232102
MAS/MILS ID 7780800001
Record type Site
Current site name Kanungu

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 29.76378, -0.89003 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uganda(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Uganda

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tantalum Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 29.76378, -0.89003
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DMA SERIES 1501 MAP, SHEET SA 35-8, SCALE 1:250,000

  • Deposit

    PAGETER,R.C. MINING AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: CHAP. IN GEOL.

  • Deposit

    SUPV. OF UGANDA RECORDS FOR 1950, P.37.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CODED CO-ORDINATES ARE OF TOWN OF KANUNGO, 30 MILES NW OF KBALE. BERYL, TANTALITE, MICROLITE PEGMATITE AND ALLUVIALS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site