Mine detail: Karonge Gakara

Previously called 'KarongeGakara'

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Location

Lat / long: -3.41482, 29.41799

Resource(M)

Primary: REE
Other material: Bastnasite, Mica, Monazite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Prospect
First production started: 1948

Geology

References

MAS7670000001
DEP10231878
Reference{Deposit:: ADERCA, B.M., VAN TASSEL, R., LE GISEMENT DE TERRES RARES DE}{Deposit:: LA KARONGE ACAD. ROYAL SCIENCES *UTRE-MER, N.S.}{Deposit:: XVIII-5, 117 P. (1971).}{Deposit:: BRINKMANN, J. ET AL, THREE PROGRESS REPORTS (NO TITLE) BY}{Deposit:: A GERMAN EXPLORATION TEAM: (1) DATED OCTOBER 1, 1982 TO}{Deposit:: MARCH 31, 1982, 18 PP.; (2) DATED APRIL 1, 1982 TO SEPTEMBER}{Deposit:: 30, 1982, 38 PP.; (3) DATED APRIL 9, 1983, 3 PP. WITH 9}{Deposit:: FIGURES.}{Deposit:: WITH 9 FIGURES), TRANSLATIONS TO ENGLISH OF SELECTED}{Deposit:: BURUNDI - BACKGROUND NOTES, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE,}{Deposit:: SEPTEMBER 1980.}{Deposit:: BURUNDI - FOREIGN ECONOMIC TRENDS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF}{Deposit:: COMMERCE, JUNE 1981.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, POSSIBILITIES FOR MINERAL DEVELOPMENT IN}{Deposit:: BURUNDI, DEC. 1982, P. 527.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, BURUNDI, ANNUAL REVIEW 1982, P. 441.}{Deposit:: WAMBEKE, L. VAN, THE KARONGE RARE EARTH DEPOSITS, REPUBLIC}{Deposit:: OF BURUNDI: NEW MINERALOGICAL-GEOCHEMICAL DATA AND}{Deposit:: ORIGIN OF MINERALIZATION. PP. 370-380, 1977.}
ReporterCoffman, Joe