Midlands
Producer

Railway Block

Midlands, Zimbabwe
Chromium
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Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsChromite, Dolomite, Serpentine, Talc
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1907
Discovery year1905
Identification
Deposit ID10305183
Alternate namesRailwest Block East
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates-19.65522, 29.99026
References
ALREY, N.M. "A REVIEW OF CHROMITE MINING IN THE GREAT DYKE"CHAMBER OF MINES JOURNAL. JUNE 1975. PP. 35-43.COTTERILL, P. "THE SELUKWE SCHIST BELT AND ITS CHROMITITEDEPOSITS." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA. VOL.5.1979. PP. 229-245.COTTERILL, P. "THE CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF SELUKWE, RHODESIA."ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MONOGRAPH. VOL. 4. PP. 154-186.STOWE, CLIVE W. "ALPINE-TYPE STRUCTURES IN THE RHODESIANBASEMENT COMPLEX AT SELUKWE." JOURNAL OF THEGEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. LONDON. VOL. 130. 1974.PP. 411-425.STOWE, C.W. "THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY SOUTH AND WEST OFSELUKWE." RHODESIA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 59.SALISBURY. 1968. PP. 178-180.TINDALE, R. AND M.A. BISCOE. "THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRYAROUND GWELO." SOUTHERN RHODESIA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEYBULLETIN NO. 39. 1949. PP. 120-137.WILSON, N.H. "NOTES ON THE MINING INDUSTRY OF SOUTHERNRHODESIA." GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA.PP. 55-59.WORST, B.G. "THE GREAT DYKE OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA."SOUTHERN RHODESIA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 47.1960. PP. 82-106, 186-231.