Mine detail: Bong Range

Previously called 'Bong'

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Location: Bong, Liberia, Africa
Lat / long: 6.75112, -10.32859
dep_id: 10207710
mas_id: 7650050001
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
other_matl: Amphibole, Chlorite, Feldspar, Goethite, Hematite, Magnetite, Mica, Quartz
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Bleiwas, Donald
Year first produced: 1967
disc_yr: 1935
References:
  • 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.
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