Mine detail: Nsuta

Previously called 'Nsuta-Wassaw'

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Location

Lat / long:

5.23454, -1.94856

Resource(B)

Primary:	Manganese, Carbon Dioxide
Ore:	Manganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Gangue:	Clay, Quartz, Spessartite
Orebody form:	LENS AND TABULAR
Discovery year:	1914

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1916

Geology

Host rock:	Birrimian Sedim. Volc. Series
Host type:	Greenstone
Structure:	Nne-Ssw-Trending North Plunging Antiform, Folds, Axialplane Steeply Dipping East
Tectonic:	Stable Prec Craton

References

MRDS	W029762
DEP	10079683
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Krauss, Ulrich H., Orris, Greta J.