Mine detail: Redwing/Oldwest

Previously called 'Oldwest/Redwing'

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Location

Lat / long: -18.88585, 32.67632

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Other material: Bravoite, Chloritoid, Hauynite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1899

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1910

Geology

References

MAS7960050003
DEP10280168
Reference{Deposit:: 1981-1982 WORLD MINES REGISTER.}{Deposit:: BOWEN, J.D., 1980, GOLD MINES OF RHODESIA, 1890-1980, PUBL.}{Deposit:: BY THOMSON NEWSPAPERS, RHODESIA (PVT) LTD., PP 78-82.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, JUNE 20, 1980, ZIMBABWE - THE MINING SCENE.}{Deposit:: LONRHO LTD., 1980 ANNUAL REPORT.}{Deposit:: FOSTER, R.P., 1980, GOLD AND SILVER IN ZIMBABWE, INST. OF}{Deposit:: MIN. RES., U. OF ZIMBABWE, REPT. NO. 38, 1980.}{Deposit:: FOSTER, R.P., MANN, A.G., STOWE, C.W., AND WILSON, J.F.,}{Deposit:: ARCHEAN GOLD MINERALIZATION: PREPRINT FOR GEOL. SOC. OF}{Deposit:: S.A. - ORE DEPOSITS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, 1982, 88 PP.}{Deposit:: HARRISON, N.M., 1979, THE GEOLOGY OF THE REDWING GOLD MINE,}{Deposit:: PENHALONGA, UMTALI DISTRICT, RHODESIA, SPEC. PUBL., GEOL.}{Deposit:: SOC. S.A., NO. 5, PP 55-60, 1979.}{Deposit:: PHAUP, A.E., 1973, THE GEOLOGY OF THE UMTALI GOLD BELT,}{Deposit:: RHOD. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 32, PP 132-135.}{Deposit:: THE PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING MINES OF ZIMBABWE - MAP,}{Deposit:: GOVERNMENT PRINTER, SALISBURY, 1978.}{Deposit:: MINING IN ZIMBABWE 1981, THE BIG THREE, PUBL. BY THOMSON}{Deposit:: PUBL. ZIMBABWE LTD., 1981, 92 PP.}
ReporterBoyle, Ed