Mine detail: Nsuta Mine

Previously called 'Nsuta - Wassaw'

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Location

Lat / long: 5.23454, -1.94856

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese
Discovery year: 1914

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1916
Last production ended: 1982

Geology

Host rock:Birrimian Sed-Volc Series
Host type:Greenstone
Tectonic:Stable Prec Craton

References

MRDSISM0147
DEP10024435
Reference{Deposit:: WORLD MINING, 1978, MANGANESE MINE WILL EXTEND LIFE BY NODULIZING CARBONATE ORE RESERVES: WORLD MINING, V. 31, NO. 13 (DEC), P. 79. (S5-S6,L5-L6,C1-C2,C5,C10-C11,C17)}{Deposit:: DUKE, V. W. A., 1979, MANGANESE, A MINERAL COMMODITY REVIEW: INTERNAL REPORT 53, SOUTH AFRICAN MINERALS BUREAU, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, 246 P. (G13, PA4-PA6)}{Deposit:: NATIONAL MATERIALS ADVISORY BOARD, 1981, MANGANESE RESERVES AND RESOURCES OF THE WORLD AND THEIR INDUSTRIAL IMPLICATIONS: NMAB-374, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, WASHINGTON, DC, P. 34-38, 180. (G13,PA2,RR1)}{Deposit:: METAL BULLETIN, 1977. (PC1)}{Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1980. (PA1,PA3)}{Production:: PA1, PA3: RF5; PA2: RF3; PA4-PA6: RF2 PC1: RF4}
ReporterCannon, William F.