Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
Ore controlPlateau Bangombe
Materials
Ore mineralsGroutite, Manganite, Polianite, Pyrolusite, Rhodochrosite
GangueApatite, Dolomite, Goethite, Illite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockBlack Shale · Fracevillien Fb1
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1962
Discovery year1951
Identification
Deposit ID10003795
MRDS IDAD00127
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates-1.58161, 13.20142
References
LECLERC, J. AND WEBER, F., 1976. GEOLOGY AND GENESIS OF THE MOANDA MANGANESE DEPOSITS, REPUBLIC OF GABON. INT. SYMP. GEOL. GEOCHEM. MANGANESE, SYDNEY, 89-109