Mine detail: Nimba/Yekepa

Previously called 'Nimba'

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Location: Nimba, Liberia, Africa
Lat / long: 7.58495, -8.46548
dep_id: 10135214
mas_id: 7650400001
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
other_matl: Clay, Feldspar, Goethite, Hematite, Mica, Quartz
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Bolis
Year first produced: 1963
disc_yr: 1955
References:
  • Deposit:: IRON AND MANGANESE ORES SURVEY, METAL BULLETIN, METAL
  • Deposit:: BULLETIN LTD., PP 89-91.
  • Deposit:: WEISSENBORN, A.E., LIBERIAN IRON ORE REPORT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL
  • Deposit:: SURVEY, APRIL, 1963.
  • Deposit:: WORLD MINING, WHY LAMCO/JV WILL STRIP 17,000,000 CUBIC YARDS
  • Deposit:: OVERBURDEN WITH SCRAPERS, JANUARY, 1971, PP 30-32.
  • Deposit:: NOREN, T.A.B, AND COOK, J.B., ORE HANDLING AT NIMBA, MINING
  • Deposit:: MAGAZINE, MARCH, 1970, VOL. 122, NO. 3, PP 168-177.
  • Deposit:: SUBAH, PEWU, IRON ORE IN LIBERIA: PAST PRODUCTION AND FUTURE
  • Deposit:: PROSPECTS, MINING MAGAZINE, SEPTEMBER, 1981, PP 204-208.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, LAMCO PREPARES FOR THE NEXT DECADE,
  • Deposit:: SEPTEMBER, 1979, PP 192-197.
  • Deposit:: LINDBERG, T., EXPERIENCE WITH THE JONE*SEPARATOR AT
  • Deposit:: BUCHANAN, MINING MAGAZINE, SEPTEMBER, 1979, PP 199-207.
  • Deposit:: BERGE, J.W., JOHANSSON, K., AND JACK, J., GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN
  • Deposit:: OF THE HEMATITE ORES OF THE NIMBA RANGE, LIBERIA, ECONOMIC
  • Deposit:: GEOLOGY, VOL. 72, 1977, PP 582-607.
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