Mine detail: Cambrai Mine

Previously called 'Rhodesian Cambrai Mines'

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Location

Lat / long:

-19.33027, 30.16802

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Discovery year:	1919

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1919
Last production ended:	1982

Geology

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

References

MRDS	ISM0013
DEP	10024314
Reference	{Deposit:: WORST, B. G., 1960, THE GREAT DYKE OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA: SOUTHERN RHODESIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 47,234 P. (G1-G13, C1-C18, PA1, PA2, PC1, RR1, RR9)}{Deposit:: THOMAS, P., 1982, WRITTEN COMMUN., MAS DATA: DENVER, COLO., U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. (RR1, RR8, RR9, RR16)}{Production:: PA1,PA2,PA8: RF1, P. 204-205 PC1, PC2: RF1, P. 204-205.}
Reporter	Lipin, Bruce R.