Mccreedys

Past Producer in Swaziland with commodity Tin
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. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304826
MAS/MILS ID 7950000004
Record type Site
Current site name Mccreedys

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 31.18451, -26.44656 (WGS84)
Elevation 830

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Swaziland(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Swaziland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 31.18451, -26.44656

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4M
    Depth to top 2.5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Minimum Depth to Top 1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 4
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Date of Last Modification 780808

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mbabane

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DAVIES, D.N., THE TIN DEPOSITS OFSWAZILAND ,TRANS. OF THE GE

  • Deposit

    SOC. OF S.AFRICA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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