Producer

Moyamba

Sierra Leone
Aluminum
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Commodities
PrimaryAluminum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsGibbsite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1963
Discovery year1960
Identification
Deposit ID10231976
Alternate namesMayamba Hills, Mokanji Mekanji, Mokanji Mtn. Mekanji, Mokanji Hills Mekanji Hills
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates7.91774, -12.1653
References
ALUMINUM CONDUCTOR DEVELOPMENT CORP.1973.SURVEY OF PLANEDINCREASES IN WORLD BAUXITE,ALUMINA AND ALUMINUM CAPACITIES1979.LONDON,ENGLAND.1974.P.61.PATTERSON,S.G.,1964,WORLD BAUXITE RESERVES AND ALUMINUM RESOU.S.G.S. BULL.1228. PP.88.89.INTERATIONAL MINING, AUGUST 1987,P90.MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA, NICOLAS DE KUN, COLUMBIAUNIVERSITY , 1965, P84.GOLDER, MOYAMBA DEPOSIT PROFILE REPORT.MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1976, P.920.MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1978-79, VOL.III, AREA REPORTS:INTERNAT-IONAL. US DEPT OF THE INTERIOR. P.820.NON FERROUS METALS, UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, 1972.ECONOMIC STRUCTRURS AND DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS, APRIL 1975,VIII/449/75-E,PP 31-32.THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALS OF SIERRA LEONE, S.W. MOREL,UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE, FREETOWN, APRIL 1976, P9.