Mine detail: Umsweswe Mine

Previously called 'Rhodesian Metallurgical and Mining Corporation'

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Location

Lat / long:

-18.49699, 30.41801

Resource(M)

Primary:

Chromium

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	ISM0020
DEP	10024320
Reference	{Deposit:: WORST, B. G., 1960, THE GREAT DYKE OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA: SALISBURY, SOUTHERN RHODESIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 47, 234 P. (PA1, PA2, PA8, PC1, PC8)}{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.226 PC1, PC8: RF1, P. 225}
Reporter	Lipin, Bruce R.