Mine detail: Freetown Layered Basic Complex Placers.

Previously called 'Colony Complex'

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Location

Lat / long:

8.33435, -13.16527

Resource(M)

Primary:	Platinum
Tertiary:	Aluminum, Titanium, Metal, Iron
Ore:	Ilmenite, Magnetite
Discovery year:	1926

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1928

Geology

Host type:	Sand and Gravel
Associated type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Gabbro,Troctolite,Anorthosite
Structure:	Stratiform Complex

References

MRDS	M045648
DEP	10038316
Reference	{Deposit:: WELLS, 1962, GEOL. SURV. DEPT. SIERRA LEONE SHORT PAPER, NO. 9, 115 P.}{Deposit:: POLLETT, J.D., 1951, COLON. GEOL. MIN. RESOURCES, V. 2, NO. 1, P. 3-28}{Deposit:: POLLETT, 1952, 1931; JUNNER, 1930; JUNNER AND HARWOOD, 1930; WELLS AND BAKER, 1956; BAKER, 1961; DIXEY, 1922}{Deposit:: BRIDEN, HENTHORN, REX, 1971, EAR. PLAT. SCI. LETTERS 12 P. 385-391.}{Deposit:: 1920 DIREXPL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SIERRA LEONE.}{Deposit:: 1930 GEOLMAP GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SIERRA LEONE.}{Deposit:: 1969 ART FORD HAS ROCKS AND THIN SECTIONS.}{Production:: MERTIE (1969)}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.