Mine detail: Moanda

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Location: Gabon, Africa
Lat / long: -1.58161, 13.20142
dep_id: 10003795
mrds_id: AD00127
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Groutite, Manganite, Polianite, Pyrolusite, Rhodochrosite
gangue: Apatite, Dolomite, Goethite, Illite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
alteration: Oxidation
conc_proc: Sedimentation, Oxidation
ore_ctrl: Plateau Bangombe
Reporter: Bolton, B.R.; Pracejus, B.M.
hrock_unit: Fracevillien Fb1
hrock_type: Black Shale
Year first produced: 1962
disc_yr: 1951
References:
  • LECLERC, J. AND WEBER, F., 1976. GEOLOGY AND GENESIS OF THE MOANDA MANGANESE DEPOSITS, REPUBLIC OF GABON. INT. SYMP. GEOL. GEOCHEM. MANGANESE, SYDNEY, 89-10
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