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IN the brief preface to this new volume, one to be placed side by side with the authors' memoir on the Ankole tin, the Director of the Uganda Geological Survey notes the importance of the area described, distinguished by a recent volcanic activity far grander than the lingering remnants that remain to-day, and suggests, as we are seldom reminded when African volcanoes are concerned, the possibility of renewed outbursts. He mentions also the fact that its leucite-bearing lavas represent, perhaps, one of the largest potash reserves in the world. Moreover, gold has been found.
Geological Survey of Uganda. Memoir No. 3: The Volcanic Area of Bufumbira. Part 1: The Geology of the Volcanic Area of Bufumbira, South- West Uganda; with Notes on the Petrology and Economic Geology.
By A. D. Combe W. C. Simmons. Pp. xi + 150 + 12 plates. (Entebbe: Government Printer, 1933.) 15s.
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PARKINSON, J. Geological Survey of Uganda Memoir No 3: The Volcanic Area of Bufumbira Part 1: The Geology of the Volcanic Area of Bufumbira, South- West Uganda; with Notes on the Petrology and Economic Geology . Nature 131, 821–822 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131821a0
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