Railway Block

Producer in Manicaland, Zimbabwe with commodity Chromium
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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304518
MAS/MILS ID 7960050006
Record type Site
Current site name Railway Block
Alternate or previous names The Railway Block West

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 29.99026, -19.65522 (WGS84)
Elevation 1400

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Manicaland(province)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Zimbabwe Manicaland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 29.99026, -19.65522

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Zimbabwe Mining And Smelting Co. (Zimasco)
    Interest 100
    Home office Zimbabwe
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

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

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

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

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

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

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    1979. PP. 229-245.

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

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    BASEMENT COMPLEX AT SELUKWE." JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL

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

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

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

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    SALISBURY. 1968. PP. 178-180.

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

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    AROUND GWELO." SOUTHERN RHODESIA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

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

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

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    RHODESIA." GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA.

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    PP. 55-59.

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

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    RHODESIA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 47. 1960.

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    PP. 82-106, 186-231.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 50% OF THE PRODUCT GOES TO HEAVY MEDIA MILLING AND 50% GOES THROUGH A HANDSORTING PROCESS.THE RECOVERY FOR THE HEAVY MEDIA PROCESS IS 85% ;THE HANDSORT RECOVERY IS 100. GRIZZLIES SEPARATE MUCH OF THE ORE AT 150 MILLIMETERS. THE OREBODY IS A PODIFORM TYPE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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