| Location: | Gabon, Africa |
| Lat / long: | -1.56495, 13.28475 |
| dep_id: | 10079682 |
| mrds_id: | W029761 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Manganese |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Stratabound |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Lithiophorite, Manganite, Polianite, Pyrolusite, Rhodochrosite |
| gangue: | Illite, Kaolinite, Limonite |
| orebody_fm: | BLANKET |
| conc_proc: | Primary Sedimentary And Secondary Enrichment |
| Reporter: | Krauss, Ulrich H., Orris, Greta J. |
| hrock_unit: | Francevillian, Transition Zone 0.5-1.0 M Thick Containing Ore;Francevillian, Plaquette-Ore 5 M Thick;Francevillian, Compact Layer Of Ore 0.1-0.5 M Thick;Bituminous Schists |
| hrock_type: | Black Shale |
| arock_type: | Syenite,Plutonic Rock |
| tectonic: | Stable Prec Craton |
| Year first produced: | 1962 |
| disc_yr: | 1934 |
| discr: | Choubert, B. & Berge, J. |
| References: |
- Deposit:: WEISS, S. 1977: MANGANESE THE OTHER USES. METAL BULL. BOOKS LTD. LONDON
- Deposit:: SCHWARTZ, M. 1976: ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LAENDERBERICHTE NO.9 GABUN, VR-KONGO UND KAMERUN. BGR, HANNOVER 1976
- Deposit:: WEBER, F.1973: GENESIS AND SUPERGENE EVOLUTION OF THE PRECAMBRIAN SEDIMENTARY MANGANESE DEPOSIT AT MOANDA (GABON) UNESCO, PROC. KIEV. SYMPOS, 1970
- Deposit:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1984: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-A, 22 P.
- Production:: SKILLINGS, 15.5.76 INDUSTRIES ET TRAVAUX *UTRE MER AUGUST 1974
- Reserve-Resource:: WEISS, S. 1976 MANGANESE THE OTHER USES P.58
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