Mine detail: Moanda

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Location

Lat / long:

-1.58161, 13.20142

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Groutite, Manganite, Polianite, Pyrolusite, Rhodochrosite
Gangue:	Apatite, Dolomite, Goethite, Illite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Discovery year:	1951

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1962

Geology

Host rock:	Fracevillien Fb1
Host type:	Black Shale
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	AD00127
DEP	10003795
Reference	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
Reporter	Bolton, B.R.; Pracejus, B.M.