Mine detail: Lolkidongai

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Location: Kenya, Africa
Lat / long: -2.03156, 36.7012
dep_id: 10023303
mrds_id: I000147
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Wollastonite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Wollastonite
gangue: Calcite, Diopside, Garnet, Quartz
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Marble,Limestone
arock_type: Migmatite
Year first produced: 1967
disc_yr: 1965
References:
  • Deposit:: ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1975, WOLLASTONITE, IN LEFOND, S.J., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS (NONMETALLICS OTHER THAN FUELS): NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 1227-1234.
  • Deposit:: ANDREWS, R.W., 1970, WOLLASTONITE: LONDON, INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, P. 46-48.
  • Deposit:: HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1990, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION METAL BULLETIN PLC, 312 P.
  • Reserve-Resource:: ANDREWS, 1970.
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