Mine detail: Ingessana Hills Mining Area

Previously called 'Ingassana Hills'

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Location

Lat / long: 11.28389, 34.00127

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Discovery year: 1960

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: MAGMATIC, PODIFORM
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1962

Geology

Structure:ULTRAMAFIC PORTION OF OPHIOLITE

References

MRDSISM0041
DEP60000523
Reference{Deposit:: DUKE, V. W. A., 1982, CHROMIUM--A MINERAL COMMODITY REVIEW: SOUTH AFRICA MINERALS BUREAU INTERNAL REPORT 86, 317 P. (RR1, C14, C17)}{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. (G13, G2C, L2, L5-L6, L11, C9, C18, PC1)}{Deposit:: SHADDAD, M. Z., 1982, SUDAN, IN MINING ANNUAL REVIEW 1982: MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, P. 472-473. (PA1)}{Deposit:: SHADDAD, M. Z., 1981, SUDAN, IN MINING ANNUAL REVIEW 1981: MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, P. 521. (PA2)}{Deposit:: THAYER, T. P., AND LIPIN, B. R., 1978, A GEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF WORLD CHROMITE PRODUCTION FOR THE YEAR 2000 A.D.: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, COUNCIL OF ECONOMICS PROCEEDINGS (FOR MEETING OF FEB. 26 - MAR. 2, 1978), P. 143-152. (PC2)}{Deposit:: SHADDAD, M. Z., 1979, SUDAN, IN MINING ANNUAL REVIEW 1979: MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, P. 514-515. (C18)}{Deposit:: SHADDAD, M. Z., 1977, SUDAN, IN MINING ANNUAL REVIEW 1977: MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, P. 484. (REP4)}{Reserve-Resource:: DeYoung, J.H., Jr., Lee, M.P., and Lipin, B.R., 1984, International Strategic Minerals Inventory summary report - chromium: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 930-B, 41 p.}