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Iron Ton

Past Producer in Midlands, Zimbabwe with commodity Chromium
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255834
MAS/MILS ID 7960250048
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Ton

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: 30.00356, -19.67752 (WGS84)
Elevation 1450
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Midlands(province)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Zimbabwe Midlands

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) 30.00356, -19.67752
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 830623

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Stope - Sublevel
Milling method Sizing

Mining district

District name Selukwe District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Zimbabwe Mining And Smelting Co. (Zimasco)
    Interest 100
    Home office Zimbabwe
    Year 1980

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1/89 INSITU DEMO. TONNAGE = MODELLED BASED ON 2 OREBODIES, EACH 5 M THICK, 100M IN STRIKE LENGTH AND 50 M ON-DIP. 100 % REC.
  • FOR ANALYSIS: 20,000 MTPY ROM FOR: 9,000 MTPY LUMP PRODUCTS AND 9,000 MTPY FINES PRODUCTS; ALL PRODS.AT 44.0 % CR2O3. PRODS. ANALYZED AS CHROMITE METS FOR EXPORT IN STUDY (NON-PRODUCING, NO ROOM AT KWE KWE SMELTER). PODIFORM RESOURCE. INDICATED TO BE AT SHALLOW DEPTH.
  • THERE IS NO PUBLISHED DATA AVAILABLE ON ANY ASPECT OF THE IRON TON CHROMITE OCCURANCES. IT APPEARS FROM PAST PRO- DUCTION RECORDS THAT PRODUCTION WAS EITHER FROM SMALL ADITS, OR MAY HAVE BEEN FROM SMALL SURFACE OPERATIONS. IT IS INFERRED FROM ANNOUNCED PLANS, HOWEVER, THAT THE SIZE OF THE PLANNED OPERATION AT IRON TON WOULD BE IN THE 20,000 TO 30,000 MT PER YEAR RANGE, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY BE TOO LARGE FOR A SURFACE OPERATION IN THE SELUKWE DISTRICT. IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE SIZE OF THE DEMONSTRATED RESOURCE AT IRON TON WOULD BE IN A RANGE COMPARABLE TO THE OTHER NEW OPERATIONS PLANNED (MAGAZINE HILL- SEQ. # 796-025-0027) OR ABOUT 667,000 MT, WHICH WOULD INDICATE AN OREZONE OF 300 M. IN LENGTH, 7 M. THICK, AND 80 M. EXTENSION DOWN DIP (ALL ACCESS- IBLE BY ADITS). M1C3=M9C4.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 100
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 23.68
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALREY, N.M. "A REVIEW OF CHROMITE MINING IN THE GREAT DYKE."

  • Deposit

    CHAMBER OF MINES JOURNAL. JUNE 1975. PP. 35-43.

  • Deposit

    COTTERILL, P. "THE CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF SELUKWE, RHODESIA."

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MONOGRAPH VOL. 4. PP. 154-186.

  • Deposit

    COTTERILL, P. "THE SELUKWE SCHIST BELT AND ITS CHROMITITE

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    DEPOSITS." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA. VOL. 5.

  • Deposit

    1979. PP. 229-245.

  • Deposit

    STOWE, CLIVE W. "ALPINE-TYPE STRUCTURES IN THE RHODESIAN

  • Deposit

    BASEMENT COMPLEX AT SELUKWE." JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL

  • Deposit

    SOCIETY. LONDON. VOL. 130. 1974. PP. 411-425.

  • Deposit

    STOWE, C.W. "THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY SOUTH AND WEST OF

  • Deposit

    SELUKWE." RHODESIA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 59.

  • Deposit

    SALISBURY. 1968. PP. 178-180.

  • Deposit

    TINDALE, R. AND M.A. BISCOE. "THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTY

  • Deposit

    AROUND GWELO." SOUTHERN RHODESIA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN NO. 39. 1949. PP. 120-137.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, N.H. "NOTES ON THE MINING INDUSTRY OF SOUTHERN

  • Deposit

    RHODESIA." GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA.

  • Deposit

    PP. 55-59.

  • Deposit

    WORST, B.G. "THE GREAT DYKE OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA." SOUTHERN

  • Deposit

    RHODESIA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 47. 1960.

  • Deposit

    PP. 82-106, 186-231.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-SEP-1992 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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