Producer

Selukwe Peak and Railway Block Mines

Zimbabwe
Chromium
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Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Geology
Host rockDunite · Sebakwain Group; Lower Greenstone Series
StructureLayered Intrusion
Tectonic settingStable Craton
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1906
Last production1982
Discovery year1904
Identification
Deposit ID10024607
MRDS IDISM0332
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-19.64692, 30.00137
References
THOMAS, P., 1982, WRITTEN COMMUN., MAS DATA: DENVER, CO., U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. (RR1, RR2, RR8, RR9, RR10, RR16)COTTERILL, P., 1969, THE CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF SELUKWE, RHODESIA, IN WILSON, H. D. B., ED., MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, MONOGRAPH 4, P. 154-187. (C3, C9, PC2)SKEKARCHI, E., MORGAN, G., CLARKE, P., AND AMBROSIO, S., 1981, ZIMBABWE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL PERSPECTIVES SERIES, AUGUST, 62 P. (C14, PA1, PA8)PETERSON, E. CO., 1982, CHROMIUM, IN U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK 1980, V. I, METALS AND MINERALS: WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, P. 189-200. (C12, C13)MORGAN, G. A., 1982, THE MINERAL INDUSTY OF ZIMBABWE (SOUTHERN RHODESIA), IN U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK 1980, V. III, AREA REPORTS-INTERNATIONAL: WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, P. 1145-1155. (C12, C13)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.ABRAHAMS, A., 1983, "ZIMBABWE NEEDS MARKET DATA, EXPERIENCED TRADERS," IN AMERICAN METAL MARKET CHROMIUM SUPPLEMENT: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, V. 91, NO. 244 (16 DEC.), P. 13. (C17)PA1, PA8: RF3, P. 14 PC1, PC8: RF2, P. 155; PC2, PC8: RF3, P. 17; PC3: RF6 AND USBM DATA FOR SUBSEQUENT YEARS