Kigoma Cu Prospect

Unknown in Kigoma, Tanzania with commodities Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10280345
MAS/MILS ID 7830250004
Record type Site
Current site name Kigoma Cu Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 29.63129, -4.868 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kigoma(province)

Tanzania(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Tanzania Kigoma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 29.63129, -4.868

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Type of Orebody #3 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Williamson Diamonds Ltd
    Home office Tanzania
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TANZ GEOL SURV MEM 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-DEC-1991 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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