Past Producer

Somirwa (Societe Miniere De Rwanda)

Rwanda
Tungsten
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Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVEIN/STOCKWORK
Deposit sizeN
Geology
StructureFOLDED GRAPHITIC SCHIST
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1940
Discovery year1926
Identification
Deposit ID60000741
MRDS IDISM0559
Alternate namesGifuruwe (Kifuruwe), Kagogo Mine/Colon St Inghlam Bert's Mine, Bugurama, Mine/Colon Marchal's Mine
RegionAF
Data scoreD
Coordinates-1.64827, 29.85128
References
ANON., THE MINING JOURNAL LIMITED, 1981, RWANDA, IN THE MINING JOURNAL LIMI TED, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1981, P. 495.KURTANJEK,M.P., 1986, RWANDA, IN THE MINING JOURNAL LIMITED, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1986, P. 408-409.KURTANJEK,M.P., 1985, RWANDA, IN THE MINING JOURNAL LIMITED, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1985, P. 433.STAFF, FINANCIAL TIMES INTERNATIONAL YEAR BOOKS: MINING 1985, 1984, CIE GEO MINES, P. 95.TANDY,B.C., 1984, RWANDA, IN THE MINING JOURNAL LIMITED, MINING ANNUAL REVI EW - 1984, P. 95.ANON., 1979, THE MINING JOURNAL LIMITED, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1979, P. 51 6DE KUN,N., 1965, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA, ELSEVIER PUBLISHING COMPA NY, AMSTERDAM, 478 P.FRISCH,W., 1971, DIE ZINN-WOLFRAM-PROVINZ IN TWANDA (ZENTRAL-AFRIKA)- AUS M ONTANGEOLOGISCHER SICHT, ERZMETALL, BAND 24, HEFT 12, P. 593-600.