Mine detail: Vanad Mine

Previously called 'BirkdaleRhodesian Vanadium Corporation'

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Location

Lat / long: -17.79703, 30.75134

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1950
Last production ended: 1982

Geology

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

References

MRDSISM0021
DEP10024321
Reference{Deposit:: WORST, B. G., 1960, THE GREAT DYKE OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA: SOUTHERN RHODESIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 47, 234 P.}{Deposit:: THOMAS, P., 1982, WRITTEN COMMUN., MAS DATA: DENVER, COLO., U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. (RR1, RR8, RR9, RR16)}
ReporterLipin, Bruce R.