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Que Que Iron

Producer in Midlands, Zimbabwe with commodities Iron, Silica
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  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. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10280533
MAS/MILS ID 7960250035
Record type Site
Current site name Que Que Iron

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 29.75136, -19.01366 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Midlands(province)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Zimbabwe Midlands

Comments on the location information

  • NOT SURE OF EXACT LOCATION, CO-ORDINATES ARE OF REDCLIFF STEEL WORKS 14 KM S OF QUE QUE WHICH RECEIVES OUTPUT. OUTPUT OF MINE IN 1961 WAS 150,000 MT BUT REPORTEDLY DOUBLED BY 1968. ORE IS SCREENED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Silica Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 29.75136, -19.01366
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rhodesia Iron And Steel Co.
    Interest 100
    Year 1973

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1962
    Inferred 200000000mt ore
    Total resources 200000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 60.5 wt-pct Iron Major 1962
    Silica SiO2 8 wt-pct Silica Trace 1962

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADE RANGES FROM 56-65 % FE AND 4-12 % SIO2.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNITED NATIONS. SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES, DEPT. OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS, NEW YORK, 1970, PP.83,90.

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.

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