Mine detail: Somirwa (Societe Miniere De Rwanda)

Previously called 'Kagogo Mine/Colon St Inghlam Ber* MineMine/Colon Marcha* MineGifuruwe (Kifuruwe)Bugurama'

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Location

Lat / long: -1.64827, 29.85128

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Discovery year: 1926

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: VEIN/STOCKWORK
Production size: None
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1940

Geology

Structure:FOLDED GRAPHITIC SCHIST

References

MRDSISM0559
DEP60000741
Reference{Deposit:: ANON., THE MINING JOURNAL LIMITED, 1981, RWANDA, IN THE MINING JOURNAL LIMI TED, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1981, P. 495.}{Deposit:: KURTANJEK,M.P., 1986, RWANDA, IN THE MINING JOURNAL LIMITED, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1986, P. 408-409.}{Deposit:: KURTANJEK,M.P., 1985, RWANDA, IN THE MINING JOURNAL LIMITED, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1985, P. 433.}{Deposit:: STAFF, FINANCIAL TIMES INTERNATIONAL YEAR BOOKS: MINING 1985, 1984, CIE GEO MINES, P. 95.}{Deposit:: TANDY,B.C., 1984, RWANDA, IN THE MINING JOURNAL LIMITED, MINING ANNUAL REVI EW - 1984, P. 95.}{Deposit:: ANON., 1979, THE MINING JOURNAL LIMITED, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1979, P. 51 6}{Deposit:: DE KUN,N., 1965, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA, ELSEVIER PUBLISHING COMPA NY, AMSTERDAM, 478 P.}{Deposit:: FRISCH,W., 1971, DIE ZINN-WOLFRAM-PROVINZ IN TWANDA (ZENTRAL-AFRIKA)- AUS M ONTANGEOLOGISCHER SICHT, ERZMETALL, BAND 24, HEFT 12, P. 593-600.}