| Mineral |
Deposit Type |
Potential Uses
|
Known
Deposits |
Exploitation |
Potential |
| Barite |
Sedimentary |
Drilling mud |
Ludewa |
Insignificant |
Low |
| Bauxite |
Residual |
Alumina |
Amani, Magamba |
Minor |
High |
| Bentonite |
Sedimentary |
Drilling etc |
Gile, Lake Natron
|
Some production |
Medium |
| Clay |
Residual/sedimentary |
Brick/tiles/pottery |
Widespread |
Significant |
High |
| Corundum |
Metarmophic |
Abrasive |
Several, small |
None except gems |
Medium |
| Diatomite |
Sedimentary |
Filters |
Kagera River |
None |
Medium |
| Feldspar |
Pegmatite |
Ceramics |
Many small deposits |
Significant |
High |
| Fluorite |
Hydrothermal |
Various |
Kisiriri |
None |
Medium |
| Garnite |
Metamorphic/residual |
Abrasive |
Several areas |
Minor |
Medium |
| Glass sand |
Sedimentary |
Glassmaking |
Pugu, Bukoba |
Minor |
Medium |
| Kaolin |
Sedimentary |
Various |
Pugu |
Mine operations suspended |
Medium |
| Kyanite |
Metarmophic |
Refractory |
Pare Mts,Mpwapwa, Handeni,
Arusha |
Minor |
High |
| Limestone |
Sedimentary |
Cement |
Coastal area |
3 cement plants |
High |
| Magnesite |
Sedimentary
ultramafic/residual |
Refractories |
Gile, Merkestein, Chambogo,
etc |
Minor |
Medium |
| Meerschaum |
Sedimentary |
Artifacts |
Lake Amboseli |
Minor, suspended |
Low |
| Mica |
Metamorphic,pegmatite |
Various |
Several areas |
Small pro, exported |
Medium |
| Pumice/pozollana |
Volcanic |
Cement/construction |
Rungwe, Meru, Kilimanjaro |
Small pro. For Tanga cement |
High |
| REE |
Carbonatite |
Various |
Many small deposits |
Insignificant |
Medium |
| Talc/soapstone |
Metarmophic |
Various |
Many small deposits |
Insignificant |
Medium |
| Vermiculite |
Carbonatite |
Various |
|
Insignificant |
Low |
| Zircon |
Beach sands |
Refractory |
Handeni, Mpwapwa, and Pare
Mountains |
Minor |
Medium |
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