Plant

Mrima Hill

Kenya
Niobium (Columbium)REEThorium
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Commodities
PrimaryNiobium (Columbium)
TertiaryREE, Thorium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsApatite, Barite, Brookite, Ilmenite, Monazite, Perovskite, Pyrochlore
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
Discovery year1952
Identification
Deposit ID10183091
Alternate namesMrima Hill Carbonatite, Jombo ?
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-4.47801, 39.26116
References
MINING MAGAZINE, "KENYAN REO DEVELOPMENT," AUG.1979,P.127.BINGE, F.W., THE MRIMA HILL NIOBIUM DEPOSIT (1966)KENYA MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES.DESOUZA, PARAISO, O. ET AL., "ARAXA NIOBIUM MINE," MININGMAGAZINE, FEBRUARY 1982.HARRIS, P.M. AND JACKSON, D.V., "INVESTIGATION INTO THERECOVERY OF NIOBIUM FROM THE MRIMA HILL DEPOSIT,"INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, V. 75, 1966.HEINRICH, E.W., "THE GEOLOGY OF CARBONATITES," RAND MCNALLY,1966, PP. 478-480.MORGAN, G.A., THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF KENYA MINERAL YEARBOOK 1980 US BUREAU OF MINES.PERRAULT, G., AND MANKER, E.A., GEOLOGY & MINERALOGY OFNIOBIUM DEPOSITS NIOBEC, 1981.WALSH, I, AND DUBOIS, CGB, "MINERALS OF KENYA," GEOLOGICALSURVEY OF KENYA, BULL. #11, 1970, P. 55.US STATE DEPARTMENT BACKGROUND NOTES ON KENYA, SEPT. 1982.COETZEE, G.L. AND C.B. EDWARDS, "THE MRIMA HILL CARBONATITECOAST PROVINCE, KENYA," TRANSACTIONS OF THE GEOLOGICALSOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA, VOL. 62, 1959, PP. 373-397.BINGE, F.W., JOUBERT, P., "THE MRIMA HILL NIOBIUM DEPOSIT,COAST PROVINCE, KENYA," MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCESMINES AND GEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, REPUBLIC OF KENYA, #2,1966, P. 51.