Commodities
PrimaryREE
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsBastnasite, Mica, Monazite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
First production1948
Identification
Deposit ID10231878
Alternate namesKaronge, Gakara
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-3.41482, 29.41799
References
ADERCA, B.M., VAN TASSEL, R., LE GISEMENT DE TERRES RARES DELA KARONGE ACAD. ROYAL SCIENCES D'OUTRE-MER, N.S.XVIII-5, 117 P. (1971).BRINKMANN, J. ET AL, THREE PROGRESS REPORTS (NO TITLE) BYA GERMAN EXPLORATION TEAM: (1) DATED OCTOBER 1, 1982 TOMARCH 31, 1982, 18 PP.; (2) DATED APRIL 1, 1982 TO SEPTEMBER30, 1982, 38 PP.; (3) DATED APRIL 9, 1983, 3 PP. WITH 9FIGURES.WITH 9 FIGURES), TRANSLATIONS TO ENGLISH OF SELECTEDBURUNDI - BACKGROUND NOTES, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE,SEPTEMBER 1980.BURUNDI - FOREIGN ECONOMIC TRENDS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OFCOMMERCE, JUNE 1981.MINING MAGAZINE, POSSIBILITIES FOR MINERAL DEVELOPMENT INBURUNDI, DEC. 1982, P. 527.MINING MAGAZINE, BURUNDI, ANNUAL REVIEW 1982, P. 441.WAMBEKE, L. VAN, THE KARONGE RARE EARTH DEPOSITS, REPUBLICOF BURUNDI: NEW MINERALOGICAL-GEOCHEMICAL DATA ANDORIGIN OF MINERALIZATION. PP. 370-380, 1977.