Mine detail: Noro Mine

Previously called 'African Chrome Mines Ltd.'

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Location: Zimbabwe, Africa
Lat / long: -17.04708, 30.75133
dep_id: 10024318
mrds_id: ISM0018
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Lipin, Bruce R.
hrock_unit: Hartley Complex
hrock_type: Dunite
Structure: Layered Intrusion
tectonic: Stable Craton
Year first produced: 1919
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1982
disc_yr: 1917
References:
  • Deposit:: WORST, B. G., 1960, THE GREAT DYKE OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA: SOUTHERN RHODESIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 47, 234 P. (PA1, PA8)
  • Deposit:: THOMAS, P., 1982, WRITTEN COMMUN., MAS DATA: DENVER, COLO., U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. (RR1, RR8, RR9, RR16)
  • Production:: PA1: RF1, P. 119
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