Mine detail: Somirwa (Societe Miniere De Rwanda)

Location:	Rwanda, Africa
Lat / long:	-1.64827, 29.85128
dep_id:	60000741
mrds_id:	ISM0559
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Tungsten
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	VEIN/STOCKWORK
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
Structure:	FOLDED GRAPHITIC SCHIST
Year first produced:	1940
disc_yr:	1926
References:	Deposit:: ANON., THE MINING JOURNAL LIMITED, 1981, RWANDA, IN THE MINING JOURNAL LIMI TED, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1981, P. 495. Deposit:: KURTANJEK,M.P., 1986, RWANDA, IN THE MINING JOURNAL LIMITED, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1986, P. 408-409. Deposit:: KURTANJEK,M.P., 1985, RWANDA, IN THE MINING JOURNAL LIMITED, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1985, P. 433. Deposit:: STAFF, FINANCIAL TIMES INTERNATIONAL YEAR BOOKS: MINING 1985, 1984, CIE GEO MINES, P. 95. Deposit:: TANDY,B.C., 1984, RWANDA, IN THE MINING JOURNAL LIMITED, MINING ANNUAL REVI EW - 1984, P. 95. Deposit:: ANON., 1979, THE MINING JOURNAL LIMITED, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1979, P. 51 6 Deposit:: DE KUN,N., 1965, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA, ELSEVIER PUBLISHING COMPA NY, AMSTERDAM, 478 P. Deposit:: FRISCH,W., 1971, DIE ZINN-WOLFRAM-PROVINZ IN TWANDA (ZENTRAL-AFRIKA)- AUS M ONTANGEOLOGISCHER SICHT, ERZMETALL, BAND 24, HEFT 12, P. 593-600.