1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Kakenena

Prospect in Uganda with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
Map
XML
JSON
KML
D
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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304570
MAS/MILS ID 7780850005
Record type Site
Current site name Kakenena
Alternate or previous names Kakenena Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.08738, -0.98022 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uganda(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Uganda

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 600 YARDS SW OF RWENKANGA DEPOSIT FOR WHICH CO- ORDINATES WERE GIVEN BY PARGETER. IT IS ABOUT 75 KM SW OF MBARARA. LARGE COLUMBITE-TANTALITE PEGMATITE, SOME BERYL. DEPOSIT WORKED DURING WORLD WAR II FOR ORE AT THE TANTALITE -RICH END OF THE SERIES (42-47 % TA2O5).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 30.08738, -0.98022
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARNES, J.W. (ED.), THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF UGANDA, GEOL.

  • Deposit

    SURV. OF UGANDA, BULL. NO.4, P.77.

  • Deposit

    DMA SERIES 1501 MAP, SHEET SA 36-1, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    PARGETER, R.C. MINING AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: CH. IN GEOL.

  • Deposit

    SURV. OF UGANDA RECORDS FOR 1950, P.33.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUL-1994 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site