| Deposit ID | 10232168 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 7960200025 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Buchwabuhwa |
| Geographic coordinates: | 30.40136, -20.58017 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Zimbabwe(country)
Africa(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country |
|---|
| Zimbabwe |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Silica | Tertiary |
| Sulfur | Tertiary |
| (1) | 30.40136, -20.58017 |
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Buchwa Iron Mining Co.(Pvt.) Ltd. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Year | 1973 |
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1979 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 134000000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 134000000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1993 | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 20400000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 20400000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 7960200025 |
UNITED NATIONS. SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES, DEPT.
OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS, NEW YORK, 1970, PP.83,90.
AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUN 93,P. 36.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LOCATED 8 KM FROM INGEZI STATION; 26 KM SE OF SHABANI. PRODUCTION CAPACITY(IN 1967?) WAS 540,000 MTPY OF 66% FE PRODUCT. PRODUCT EXPORTED TO JAPAN. ORE CRUSHED, SCREENED, WASHED AND SCREENED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 02-AUG-1994 | Boyle, Ed | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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