Minerals found in Zimbabwe and areas of verified deposits
Minerals found in Zimbabwe and areas of verified deposits.
Zimbabwe is blessed with abundant mineral resources with every one of its 64 districts hosting at least one or more minerals, making it one of the richest countries in terms of natural resources.
Zimbabwe is endowed with over 63 Minerals including Gold, Lithium, Platinum, Coal, Chrome, Copper, Diamonds and many others making it a heaven for mining investment.
In the table below are Minerals found in Zimbabwe and the areas of verified deposits.
| Mineral | Location Found in Zimbabwe |
|---|---|
| Agate | Nyamandhlovu, Chikomba, Lupane |
| Aluminum | Mutare, Nyanga, Mwenezi |
| Amazonite | Nyamandhlovu, Rushinga |
| Amethyst | Nyamandhlovu, Hurungwe, Hwange, Makonde, Lupan |
| Antimony | Kwekwe, Bubi, Mberengwa, Kadoma, Shurugwi |
| Arsenic | Bubi, Shurugwi, Mutare, Gwanda |
| Asbestos | Masvingo, Gwanda, Matobo, Mberengwa, Insiza, Makonde, Umzingwane |
| Aventurine | Masvingo, Beitbridge |
| Barites | Kwekwe, Mwenezi |
| Beryl | Hurungwe, Kariba, Goromonzi, Harare, Mudzi, Rushinga, Mutoko, Bindura, Marondera, Gutu, Buhera, Bikita, Chegutu, Hwange, Mberengwa, Gweru |
| Bismuth | Gwanda, Insiza, Goromonzi, Hwange |
| Cesium | Mudzi, Bikita, Goromonzi |
| Calcite | Hwange, Bindura, Chiredzi, Mwenezi |
| Chromium | Mberengwa, Guruve, Makonde, Gweru, Kwekwe, Shurungwi, Chegutu, Kadoma, Gwanda, Insiza, Masvingo, Chirumanzu |
| Citrine | Marondera, Harare, Goromonzi |
| Clay | Harare, Bulawayo, Gwanda, Gweru |
| Coal | Gokwe, Chiredzi, Beitbridge, Mwenezi, Hwange, Lupane, Binga, Kariba, Hurungwe, Bikita |
| Cobalt | Kwekwe, Insiza, Shamva, Bubi, Bindura |
| Copper | Makonde, Kadoma, Mutare, Chirumanzu, Chegutu, Kwekwe, Shurugwi, Beitbridge, Gokwe, Bindura, Chipinge, Bikita, Insiza, Makonde, Harare, Bulawayo, Shamva, Chiredzi, Nkayi, Mudzi, Chegutu, Bindura, Kwekwe, Hurungwe, Bubi, Makonde, Bikita, Gwanda, Masvingo. |
| Cordierite | Hurungwe, Beitbridge, Chimanimani, Rushinga, Makuti |
| Corundum | Beitbridge, Chiredzi, Shurugwi, Marondera, Mberengwa, Mazowe, Rushinga, Insiza, Goromonzi, Wedza, Makoni |
| Diamond | Gweru, Bubi, Beitbridge, Binga, Mwenezi, Mutare, Chivi |
| Diatomite | Hurungwe |
| Dolomite | Mutare, Beitbridge, Makonde, Mudzi, Masvingo, Rushinga. |
| Emerald | Gutu, Masvingo, Insiza, Mberengwa, Hurungwe. |
| Feldspar | Harare, Bikita, Umzingwane, Goromonzi |
| Fireclay | Hwange, Chiredzi, Kwekwe, Lupane, Nkayi, Kadoma, Kwekwe |
| Flint clay | Mwenezi, Beitbridge |
| Fluorite | Hwange, Guruve, Binga |
| Garnet | Beitbridge, Hurungwe, Mudzi, Guruve, Rushinga, Marondera |
| Graphite | Hwange, Hurungwe, Kariba, Makonde |
| Gypsum | Beitbridge |
| Gold | Every district in Zimbabwe |
| Iron | Kwekwe, Mberengwa, Harare, Kwekwe, Buhera, Gweru, Charter, Chiredzi, Masvingo, Mazowe, Kadoma. |
| Jade | Masvingo |
| Kaolin | Kwekwe, Mutare, Bubi, Hwange, Kadoma, Mazowe, Harare, Umzingwane, Nkayi, Chegutu |
| Kainite | Hurungwe, Nyanga, Mudzi, Rushinga |
| Lead | Mberengwa, Kwekwe, Gokwe, Mutare, Wedza, Hwange |
| Limestone | Mberengwa, Gwanda, Bindura, Shamva, Mazowe, Kadoma, Umzingwane, Gweru, Chegutu, Chimanimani, Mudzi, Harare, Hurungwe |
| Lithium | Goromonzi, Mudzi, Buhera, Bikita, Chegutu, Hwange, Harare, Insiza, Rushinga, Mutoko, Mutare, Hwange |
| Magnetite | Gwanda, Nyanga, Kadoma, Mwenezi, Insiza, Buhera, Mberengwa, Beitbridge, Gweru |
| Manganese | Kwekwe, Gweru, Makonde, Mberengwa |
| Mercury | Bubi, Kadoma |
| Mica | Hurungwe, Rushinga, Kariba, Hwange |
| Molybdenum | Kwekwe, Insiza, Shurugwi, Makonde, Chipinge, Gweru, Mutare |
| Mtorolite | Guruve, Mutare |
| Nickel | Bubi, Makonde, Kwekwe, Insiza, Guruve, Shamva, Shurugwi, Matobo, Chegutu, Bindura, Gweru. |
| Ochre | Gweru, Kwekwe |
| Palladium | Kwekwe, Makonde, Shurugwi, Chegutu |
| Phosphate | Buhera |
| Platinum | Kwekwe, Makonde, Shurugwi, Chegutu, Centenary |
| Pyrite | Shurugwi, Gwanda, Mazowe, Kadoma, Bulilimamangwe, Shamva, Hwange. |
| Salt | Mwenezi |
| Sapphire | Mudzi |
| Selenium | Makonde |
| Silica | Gweru, Kwekwe, Makonde, Chegutu, Gokwe, Harare, Goromonzi |
| Sillimanite | Hurungwe |
| Silver | Makoni, Makonde, Kwekwe |
| Talc | Bubi, Guruve, Insiza, Nyanga, Mutare, Mt Darwin, Mberengwa, Goromonzi, Mutoko, Wedza, Kwekwe, Makoni |
| Tantalum | Hurungwe, Guruve, Kariba, Mudzi, Mutoko, Shamva, Bindura, Harare, Goromonzi, Murehwa, Mt Darwin, Rushinga, Mazowe, Marondera, Gutu, Masvingo, Buhera, Bikita, Mutare, Hwange, Chivhu, Mberengwa, Chimanimani, Makoni, Insiza |
| Tin | Hurungwe, Mudzi, Shamva, Bindura, Goromonzi, Harare, Rushinga, Mt Darwin, Nyanga, Gutu, Bikita, Hwange, Masvingo, Mutare |
| Topaz | Hurungwe, Gweru, Mutare |
| Tungsten | Hurungwe, Kariba, Shamva, Mazowe, Rushinga, Bindura, Guruve, Mt Darwin, Harare, Mudzi, Goromonzi, Bulawayo, Insiza, Matobo, Gwanda, Umzingwane, Bubi, Buhera, Mberengwa, Kadoma, Bikita, Shurugwi, Mutare, Chipinge, Chegutu, Kwekwe, Chiredzi, Wedza, Gweru, Hwange, Masvingo, Makoni |
| Vanadium | Mt Darwin, Guruve, Bulawayo |
| Vermiculite | Buhera, Mudzi |
| Zinc | Kwekwe, Gokwe, Nyanga |