Mine detail: Tarkwa

<< Back to the map

<< Back to browsing

Location: Ashanti, Ghana, Africa
Lat / long: 5.31787, -1.98189
dep_id: 10081074
mrds_id: W032773
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Clay, Mica, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENSES
model: 193: Quartz pebble conglomerate Au-U (BC name is Paleoplacer U-Au-PGE-Sn-Ti
alteration: Laterization
ore_ctrl: Shear Zones
Reporter: Gassaway, Judith S., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Phyllite,Schist
Structure: N30e
References:
  • Deposit:: DEKUN, NICOLAS, 1965, MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA: ELSEVIER PUB. CO., AMSTERDAM 740 P.
  • Deposit:: E/MJ 1978, WAR MINERALS REPORT 1976-1977
  • Deposit:: BOYLE, R.W., 1979, THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF GOLD AND ITS DEPOSITS (TOGETHER WITH A CHAPTER ON GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING FOR THE ELEMENT): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA BULLETIN 280, 584 P.
  • Deposit:: KESSE, G.O., 1984, THE OCCURRENCE OF AU IN GHANA, IN FOSTER, R.P., ED., GOLD*2: THE GEOLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY AND GENESIS OF GOLD DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ZIMBABWE SPECIAL PUBLICATION 1, P. 645-660.
© 2010-2018 Lee C. Baker unless noted. All rights reserved.