Description
Kitson, A.E. And Wylie, B.K.
Commodities
PrimaryManganese, Carbon Dioxide
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENS AND TABULAR
Ore controlOrebodies Belong To One Main Horizon Interbedded In Tuffs
Materials
Ore mineralsManganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
GangueClay, Quartz, Spessartite
Geology
Host rockGreenstone · Birrimian Sedim. Volc. Series
StructureNne-Ssw-Trending North Plunging Antiform, Folds, Axialplane Steeply Dipping East
Tectonic settingStable Prec Craton
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1916
Discovery year1914
Identification
Deposit ID10079683
MRDS IDW029762
Alternate namesNsuta-Wassaw
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates5.23454, -1.94856
References
SRC.REF: MIN.TRADE NOTES, EUROSTAT, SKILLINGSWEISS, S.A. 1977: MANGANESE THE OTHER USES. METAL BULL. BOOKS LTD. LONDONSKILLINGS, 1977, FEB. 26.METAL BULLETIN, 1977DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1984, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- MANGANESE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-A, 22 P.AFRICAN MANGANESE COMPANY,1964, OPERATIONS DESCRIPTION, NOVEMBER 1964SKILLINGS, 1977; METAL BULLETIN, 1977; DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1984INTERNAL INFORMATION, STATIST. BUNDESAMT WIESBADEN; DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1984