Mine detail: Nile Mining Operation

Previously called 'Kreiter Deposit'

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Location: Sudan, Africa
Lat / long: 11.28392, 34.00127
dep_id: 10106763
mrds_id: ISM0042
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Lipin, Bruce R.
hrock_unit: Basement Complex Group
hrock_type: Dunite
Structure: Ultramafic Portion Of Ophiolite
tectonic: Stable Prec Craton
Year first produced: 1969
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1982
References:
  • Deposit:: VAIL, J. R., 1978, OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE SUDAN AND ADJACENT AREAS: LONDON, INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, OVERSEAS GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES NO. 49, 66 P. (G2C, C18, PC1, L1-L11, G13)
  • Deposit:: SHADDAD, M. Z., 1979, SUDAN, IN MINING ANNUAL REVIEW 1979: MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, P. 514-515. (PA1, PA2, PA8)
  • Deposit:: DUKE, V. W. A., 1982, CHROMIUM--A MINERAL COMMODITY REVIEW: SOUTH AFRICA MINERALS BUREAU INTERNAL REPORT 86, 317 P.
  • Deposit:: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 1977, ANONYMOUS REPORT FROM KHARTOUM (SUDAN): UNCLASSIFIED EMBASSY AIRGRAM A-19, 1 P. (PA2E)
  • Production:: PA1, PA2, PA8: RF2, P. 515; PA2E: RF4 PC1, PC8: RF1, P. 49
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