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Lunya

Prospect in Uganda with commodity Beryllium
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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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10305800
MAS/MILS ID 7780550001
Record type Site
Current site name Lunya

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 32.28455, 0.50155 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uganda(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Uganda

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 32.28455, 0.50155
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BASICALLY A BERYL PEGMATITE WITH AMBLYGONITE AND ZINNWALDITE (LI MINERALS) OCCURING. PEGMATITE ALMOST COMPLETELY ALBITIZED. DEPOSIT OPENED UP IN 1943. BY END OF 1944,10 TONS OF FELD- SPAR, 8,000 LBS. OF BERYL AND 86 LBS. OF COLUMBITE (AVG. 63% NB2O5)RECOVERED. AMBLYGONITE OCCURENCE ONLY (NO ECON. IMPORTANCE. LOCATION UNKNOWN, GENERAL AREA IS NORTHERN WEST MENGO DISTRICT, 30-40 KM NW OF KAMPALA NEAR KAMPALA-HOIMA ROAD. CO-ORDINATES ARE OF VILLAGE OF LUKOMA, 37 KM NW OF KAMPALA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING.OCT.1973.. NO.4, 1961, PP. 9,24,78.

  • Deposit

    PALLISTER, J.W. THE GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN MENGO, GEOL. SURV.

  • Deposit

    OF UGANDA, BULL.NO.1, 1959, PP.70,71,73,74,75

  • Deposit

    DMA SERIES 1501 MAP, SHEET NA 36-14, SCALE 1:250,000.

Reporter information

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

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