A gold property that produced 82.2 kg gold from 27,690 tons of ore (1984).

It is located in the Rwamagaza greenstone belt, 115 km SW of Mwanza, and 35 km south-west the Geita open pit gold mine.

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Gold

Mineral List

ⓘ Native Gold

1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Native Gold

Formula: Au

References:

Mining Ann. Review(1985):440.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘ	Native Gold	1.AA.05	Au

List of minerals for each chemical element

Au	Gold
Au	ⓘ Native Gold	Au

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

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African Plate

Congo Craton
- Tanzania CratonCraton
Tanzania CratonCraton

Somali PlateTectonic Plate

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References

www.tanzaniagold.com (n.d.) http://www.tanzaniagold.com/buckreef.html

www.gallerygold.com.au (n.d.) http://www.gallerygold.com.au/exploration/buckreef/buckreef_ml.phtml

Mining Annual Review (1985) 440.

Vos, I. M. A., Bierlein, F. P., Standing, J. S., Davidson, G. (2009) The geology and mineralisation at the Golden Pride gold deposit, Nzega Greenstone Belt, Tanzania. Mineralium Deposita, 44 (7) 751-764 doi:10.1007/s00126-009-0245-3

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