Mine detail: Lolkidongai

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -2.03156, 36.7012

Resource(N)

Primary: Wollastonite
Ore: Wollastonite
Gangue: Calcite, Diopside, Garnet, Quartz
Discovery year: 1965

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1967

Geology

Host type:Marble,Limestone
Associated type:Migmatite

References

MRDSI000147
DEP10023303
Reference{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.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.