| Location: | Ghana, Africa |
| Lat / long: | 5.23454, -1.94856 |
| dep_id: | 10079683 |
| mrds_id: | W029762 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Manganese, Carbon Dioxide |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Manganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite |
| gangue: | Clay, Quartz, Spessartite |
| orebody_fm: | LENS AND TABULAR |
| work_type: | Surface |
| conc_proc: | Volcanogenic Sedimentary Secondary-Enrichment, Weathering |
| ore_ctrl: | Orebodies Belong To One Main Horizon Interbedded In Tuffs |
| Reporter: | Krauss, Ulrich H., Orris, Greta J. |
| hrock_unit: | Birrimian Sedim. Volc. Series |
| hrock_type: | Greenstone |
| Structure: | Nne-Ssw-Trending North Plunging Antiform, Folds, Axialplane Steeply Dipping East |
| tectonic: | Stable Prec Craton |
| Year first produced: | 1916 |
| disc_yr: | 1914 |
| discr: | Kitson, A.E. And Wylie, B.K. |
| References: |
- Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: MIN.TRADE NOTES, EUROSTAT, SKILLINGS
- Deposit:: WEISS, S.A. 1977: MANGANESE THE OTHER USES. METAL BULL. BOOKS LTD. LONDON
- Deposit:: SKILLINGS, 1977, FEB. 26.
- Deposit:: METAL BULLETIN, 1977
- Deposit:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1984, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- MANGANESE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-A, 22 P.
- Deposit:: AFRICAN MANGANESE COMPANY,1964, OPERATIONS DESCRIPTION, NOVEMBER 1964
- Production:: SKILLINGS, 1977; METAL BULLETIN, 1977; DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1984
- Reserve-Resource:: INTERNAL INFORMATION, STATIST. BUNDESAMT WIESBADEN; DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1984
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