Producer

Athens

Zimbabwe
GoldCopperSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryCopper, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsGalena, Hauynite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Tremolite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1910
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10158904
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-19.29274, 30.52075
References
BLISS, N.W., THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND UMVUMA ANDFELIXBURG, RHOD. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 64, 240 PP, 1962.TAYLOR, G.H., THE GEOLOGY OF THE ATHENS GOLD-COPPER MINE,UMVUMA I.M.R. 8TH ANNUAL REPORT, PP 41-45, 1977.FOSTER, R.P., MANN, A.G., STOWE C.W., AND WILSON, F.J.F.,ARCHEAN GOLD MINERALIZATION IN ZIMBABWE, PREPRINT OF APAPER FOR PUBLICATION IN ORE DEPOSITS IN SOUTHERN AFRICATO BE PUBLISHED BY GEOL. SOC. OF S.A., 1981.FOSTER, R.P., GOLD AND SILVER IN ZIMBABWE, INT. OF MIN. RES.REPT., NO. 38, 1980.MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS, SALISBURY, ZIMBABWE, NOVEMBERBOWEN, D.J., GOLD MINES IN RHODESIA 1890-1980, PP 44-47,THE ATHENS MINE: CHAMBER OF MINES JOURNAL, SALISBURY,DECEMBER, 1979.BACKGROUND TO ATHENS AND FALCON...COMPLEX OREBODIES ANDDIFFICULT GROUND, CHAMBER OF MINES JOURNAL, SALISBURY,JANUARY, 1976.