Mine detail: Tarkwa

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 5.31787, -1.98189

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Clay, Mica, Quartz
Orebody form: LENSES

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Phyllite,Schist
Structure:N30e
Alteration processes:Laterization

References

MRDSW032773
DEP10081074
Reference{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.}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S., Orris, Greta J.