| Location: | Ashanti, Ghana, Africa |
| Lat / long: | 5.45119, -2.13189 |
| dep_id: | 10081076 |
| mrds_id: | W032775 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Gold |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite |
| gangue: | Ankerite, Calcite, Quartz, Rutile |
| orebody_fm: | LENSES |
| ore_ctrl: | Contacts Of Lower And Upper Birimian Rocks |
| Reporter: | Gassaway, Judith S., Orris, Greta J. |
| hrock_unit: | Birimian System |
| hrock_type: | Greenstone,Phyllite |
| arock_unit: | Dixcove Granite;Basic Dikes |
| arock_type: | Mafic Intrusive Rock |
| Structure: | Shear Zones In Several Horizons |
| tectonic: | Igneous Intrusions/Thrust Faults |
| 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 GOLD 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.
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