Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsBravoite, Chloritoid, Hauynite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1910
Discovery year1899
Identification
Deposit ID10280168
Alternate namesOldwest/Redwing
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-18.88585, 32.67632
References
1981-1982 WORLD MINES REGISTER.BOWEN, J.D., 1980, GOLD MINES OF RHODESIA, 1890-1980, PUBL.BY THOMSON NEWSPAPERS, RHODESIA (PVT) LTD., PP 78-82.MINING JOURNAL, JUNE 20, 1980, ZIMBABWE - THE MINING SCENE.LONRHO LTD., 1980 ANNUAL REPORT.FOSTER, R.P., 1980, GOLD AND SILVER IN ZIMBABWE, INST. OFMIN. RES., U. OF ZIMBABWE, REPT. NO. 38, 1980.FOSTER, R.P., MANN, A.G., STOWE, C.W., AND WILSON, J.F.,ARCHEAN GOLD MINERALIZATION: PREPRINT FOR GEOL. SOC. OFS.A. - ORE DEPOSITS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, 1982, 88 PP.HARRISON, N.M., 1979, THE GEOLOGY OF THE REDWING GOLD MINE,PENHALONGA, UMTALI DISTRICT, RHODESIA, SPEC. PUBL., GEOL.SOC. S.A., NO. 5, PP 55-60, 1979.PHAUP, A.E., 1973, THE GEOLOGY OF THE UMTALI GOLD BELT,RHOD. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 32, PP 132-135.THE PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING MINES OF ZIMBABWE - MAP,GOVERNMENT PRINTER, SALISBURY, 1978.MINING IN ZIMBABWE 1981, THE BIG THREE, PUBL. BY THOMSONPUBL. ZIMBABWE LTD., 1981, 92 PP.