Mine detail: Bong Range

Previously called 'Bong'

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Location

Lat / long: 6.75112, -10.32859

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Other material: Amphibole, Chlorite, Feldspar, Goethite, Hematite, Magnetite, Mica, Quartz
Discovery year: 1935

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1967

Geology

References

MAS7650050001
DEP10207710
Reference{Deposit:: BONG MINING COMPANY, TECHNICAL INFORMATION-COMPANY BROCHURE,}{Deposit:: BONG RANGE, LIBERIA, 1980, 23 P.}{Deposit:: RICHARDSON, JR., N.R., A BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE MINERAL}{Deposit:: OCCURRENCES OF LIBERIA, LIBERIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVERY,}{Deposit:: JULY, 1980, PP 22-26.}{Deposit:: BERGE, JOHN W., IRON FORMATION AND SUPERGENE IRON ORES OF}{Deposit:: THE GOE RANGE AREA, LIBERIA, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 66,}{Deposit:: NO. 6, SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1971, PP 947-960.}{Deposit:: BERGE, JOHN W., ORIGIN OF GOE RANGE IRON FORMATIONS AND IRON}{Deposit:: ORES WITH EMPHASIS ON GENETIC IMPLICATIONS OF PHOSPHOROUS}{Deposit:: AND ALUMINA DISTRIBUTION, 1971, 50 P.}{Deposit:: SUBAH, PEWU, IRON ORE IN LIBERIA: PAST PRODUCTION AND}{Deposit:: FUTURE PROSPECTS, MINING MAGAZINE, SEPTEMBER, 1981,}{Deposit:: PP 204-208.}{Reserve-Resource:: AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUN 93,P. 36.}
ReporterBleiwas, Donald