Mine detail: Bee Mine

Previously called 'African Chrome Mines Ltd.'

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Location

Lat / long: -17.84703, 29.88468

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Discovery year: 1929

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1929

Geology

Host rock:Hartley Complex
Host type:Dunite
Structure:Layered Intrusion
Tectonic:Stable Craton

References

MRDSISM0012
DEP10024313
Reference{Deposit:: WORST, B. G., 1960, THE GREAT DYKE OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA: SOUTHERN RHODESIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 47, 234 P. (L11, G1-G13, C1-C17, PA1, PA2, PA8)}{Deposit:: THOMAS, P., 1982, WRITTEN COMMUN., MAS DATA: DENVER, COLO., U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. (RR1, RR8, RR9, RR16)}{Production:: PA1, PA2: RF1, P. 203}
ReporterLipin, Bruce R.