Mine detail: Noro Mine

Previously called 'African Chrome Mines Ltd.'

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Location

Lat / long: -17.04708, 30.75133

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Discovery year: 1917

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

MRDSISM0018
DEP10024318
Reference{Deposit:: WORST, B. G., 1960, THE GREAT DYKE OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA: SOUTHERN RHODESIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 47, 234 P. (PA1, PA8)}{Deposit:: THOMAS, P., 1982, WRITTEN COMMUN., MAS DATA: DENVER, COLO., U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. (RR1, RR8, RR9, RR16)}{Production:: PA1: RF1, P. 119}
ReporterLipin, Bruce R.