Mine detail: Moanda

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -1.56828, 13.18532

Resource(B)

Secondary: Manganese
Tertiary: Aluminum, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica
Other material: Goethite, Kaolinite, Manganite, Polianite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Discovery year: 1944

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1962

Geology

References

MAS7550300001
DEP10183567
Reference{Deposit:: ENG. MIN. JOUR. GABON PLANS NEW OFFSHORE PORT FOR IRON ORE}{Deposit:: AND MANGANESE SHIPMENTS. V. 179, NO. 9, SEPT. 1978,}{Deposit:: PP. 31-32.}{Deposit:: ENG. MIN. JOUR. GABONESE ORE FOR JAPAN. V. 185, NO. 5,}{Deposit:: MAY 1984, P. 39.}{Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. MANGANESE ORE TERMINAL FOR COMILOG.}{Deposit:: NO. 231, FEB. 1987, P. 9.}{Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. MANGANESE IN GABON. NO. 234, MAY 1987,}{Deposit:: P. 77.}{Deposit:: INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE. NEW CONGO RAILWAY CARRIES GABO*}{Deposit:: MANGANESE TO THE SEA. DEC. 8, 1962, PP. 32-33.}{Deposit:: METAL BULLETIN. WORL* MANGANESE MINES - 2. MOANDA OF}{Deposit:: GABON. NO. 5503. JUNE 30, 1967, PP. 21-23.}{Deposit:: METAL BULLETIN. RAIL PROJECT FOR GABON. NO. 5503, JUNE 30,}{Deposit:: 1967, P.32.}{Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEWS.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL. MOANDA MANGANESE MINE IN PRODUCTION.}{Deposit:: V. 260, NO. 6592, DEC. 7, 1962, PP.539-541.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL. GABON - MINING DEVELOPS UNDER FIVE-YEAR}{Deposit:: PLAN. V. 280, NO. 7190, JUNE 8, 1973, P. 469.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL. GABO* RAIL INVESTMENT. V. 308, NO. 7900,}{Deposit:: JAN. 16, 1987, P. 44.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL. MANGANESE PORT FOR GABON. V. 308, NO. 7919,}{Deposit:: MAY 29, 1987, P. 411.}{Deposit:: MINING WORLD. U. S. STEEL BUILDS RAIL LINK TO MANGANESE}{Deposit:: MINE. MARCH 1959, P. 79.}{Deposit:: U. S. DEPT. OF STATE. MIMING, MILLING, AND TRANSPORTATION OF}{Deposit:: HIGH GRADE MANGANESE ORE, MOANDA, GABON. AIRGRAIM}{Deposit:: A - 670, ACCRA, JULY 6, 1964, 13 PP.}{Deposit:: U. S. DEPT. OF STATE. IMPRESSIONS OF SOUTHEAST GABON - RICH}{Deposit:: AND BOOMING. AIRGRAM A - 308, PARIS,MAY 1, 1973, 5 PP.}{Deposit:: U. S. DEPT. OF STATE. GABONESE MANGANESE SECTOR ACTIVITY.}{Deposit:: AIRGRAM A- 24, LIBREVILLE, APRIL 24, 1979, 11 PP.}{Deposit:: WEBER, F. GENESIS AND SUPERGENE ENRICHMENT OF THE PRE-}{Deposit:: CAMBRIAN SEDIMENTARY MANGANESE DEPOSIT AT MOANDA}{Deposit:: (GABON). UNESCO, 1973. IN GENESIS OF PRE-CAMBRIAN IRON}{Deposit:: AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS. PROC. OF KIEV SYMP. 1970,}{Deposit:: PP. 307-322.}{Deposit:: SAITO, H. A. A VISIT TO COMILO* MOANDA MINE IN GABON. THE}{Deposit:: TEX REPORT. V. 17, NO. 3997, JULY 1985, PP. 1-3.}{Deposit:: NATIONAL MATERIALS ADVISORY BOARD, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL}{Deposit:: -NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. MANGANESE RESERVES AND RES-}{Deposit:: -OURCES OF THE WORLD AND THEIR INDUSTRIAL IMPLICATIONS.}{Deposit:: NMAB-374, WASHINGTON, DC, 1981, PP. 38-39, 177-179.}{Deposit:: LECLERC, J. AND F. WEBER. GEOLOGY AND GENESIS OF THE}{Deposit:: MOANDA MANGANESE DEPOSITS, REPUBLIC OF GABON. PRES. AT 25TH}{Deposit:: INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA,}{Deposit:: JUNE 18-20, 1976.}{Deposit:: MCMICHAEL, B. MANGANESE. EMD-THE POWER IN THE MARKET.}{Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 260, MAY 1989, P. 46.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE. MANGANESE. JAN. 1990, P. 38.}
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