Mine detail: Nsuta Mine

Previously called 'Nsuta - Wassaw'

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Location: Ghana, Africa
Lat / long: 5.23454, -1.94856
dep_id: 10024435
mrds_id: ISM0147
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Cannon, William F.
hrock_unit: Birrimian Sed-Volc Series
hrock_type: Greenstone
tectonic: Stable Prec Craton
Year first produced: 1916
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1982
disc_yr: 1914
References:
  • Deposit:: WORLD MINING, 1978, MANGANESE MINE WILL EXTEND LIFE BY NODULIZING CARBONATE ORE RESERVES: WORLD MINING, V. 31, NO. 13 (DEC), P. 79. (S5-S6,L5-L6,C1-C2,C5,C10-C11,C17)
  • Deposit:: DUKE, V. W. A., 1979, MANGANESE, A MINERAL COMMODITY REVIEW: INTERNAL REPORT 53, SOUTH AFRICAN MINERALS BUREAU, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, 246 P. (G13, PA4-PA6)
  • Deposit:: NATIONAL MATERIALS ADVISORY BOARD, 1981, MANGANESE RESERVES AND RESOURCES OF THE WORLD AND THEIR INDUSTRIAL IMPLICATIONS: NMAB-374, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, WASHINGTON, DC, P. 34-38, 180. (G13,PA2,RR1)
  • Deposit:: METAL BULLETIN, 1977. (PC1)
  • Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1980. (PA1,PA3)
  • Production:: PA1, PA3: RF5; PA2: RF3; PA4-PA6: RF2 PC1: RF4
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