Nimba
Producer

Nimba/Yekepa

Nimba, Liberia
Iron
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Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsClay, Feldspar, Goethite, Hematite, Mica, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1963
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10135214
Alternate namesNimba
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates7.58495, -8.46548
References
IRON AND MANGANESE ORES SURVEY, METAL BULLETIN, METALBULLETIN LTD., PP 89-91.WEISSENBORN, A.E., LIBERIAN IRON ORE REPORT, U.S. GEOLOGICALSURVEY, APRIL, 1963.WORLD MINING, WHY LAMCO/JV WILL STRIP 17,000,000 CUBIC YARDSOVERBURDEN WITH SCRAPERS, JANUARY, 1971, PP 30-32.NOREN, T.A.B, AND COOK, J.B., ORE HANDLING AT NIMBA, MININGMAGAZINE, MARCH, 1970, VOL. 122, NO. 3, PP 168-177.SUBAH, PEWU, IRON ORE IN LIBERIA: PAST PRODUCTION AND FUTUREPROSPECTS, MINING MAGAZINE, SEPTEMBER, 1981, PP 204-208.MINING MAGAZINE, LAMCO PREPARES FOR THE NEXT DECADE,SEPTEMBER, 1979, PP 192-197.LINDBERG, T., EXPERIENCE WITH THE JONES' SEPARATOR ATBUCHANAN, MINING MAGAZINE, SEPTEMBER, 1979, PP 199-207.BERGE, J.W., JOHANSSON, K., AND JACK, J., GEOLOGY AND ORIGINOF THE HEMATITE ORES OF THE NIMBA RANGE, LIBERIA, ECONOMICGEOLOGY, VOL. 72, 1977, PP 582-607.