Chiredzi District

Past Producer in Zimbabwe with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000743
MRDS ID ISM0568
Record type District
Current site name Chiredzi District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 32.16944, -21.00373 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Zimbabwe(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Zimbabwe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 32.16944, -21.00373

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description CONTACT AUREOLE OF TRIASSIC GRANITE INTRUSION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1912
Year of first production 1938

Mining district

District name CHIREDZI DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner VARIOUS SMALL OPERATORS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON,C.B., 1979, TUNGSTEN IN RHODESIA, IN ANNALS OF THE RHODESIA GEOLOG ICAL SURVEY, VOL. IV, RHODESIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 76-82.

  • Deposit

    SWIFT,W.H., WHITE,W.C., WILES,J.W. AND WORST,B.G., 1953, THE GEOLOGY OF THE LOWER SABI COALFIELD, SOUTHERN RHODESIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 40, 96 P .

Beyond USGS

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