Mine detail: Nyamalilo

Previously called 'Nyamulilo'

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Location: Uganda, Africa
Lat / long: -1.2383, 29.86795
dep_id: 10055825
mrds_id: SP00024
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Kaolinite, Quartz
Reporter: Pasitschniak Anna
hrock_type: Shale
Structure: Thin Quartz Veins Enclosed By Carbonaceous Metasediments
tectonic: Precambrian Craton (Intracratonic)
Year first produced: 1937
yr_lst_prd: 1981
disc_yr: 1931
References:
  • Deposit:: REEDMAN, A.J., 1973, PARTLY REMOBILIZED SYNGENETIC TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT AT NYAMALILO MINE, OVERSEAS GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES, NO. 41, LONDON, INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, H.M.S.O., P. 101-106.. . . BRITISH COMMONWEALTH GEOLOGICAL LIAISON OFFICE, 1959, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH, 1959, B.C.G.L.O., 1959, NO. 1, P. 12.. . ANSTETT, T.F., BLEIWAS, D.I., AND HURDELBRINK, R.J., 1985, TUNGSTEN AVAILABILITY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9025, 51P.. . PARGETER, R.C., 1956, THE RUHIZHA FERBERITE DEPOSIT, KIGEZI; RECORDS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF UGANDA, 1954, P. 27-46..
  • Production:: INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY RECORD W091
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