Plant

Bingo

Congo (Kinshasa)
Niobium (Columbium)Phosphorus-Phosphates
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Commodities
PrimaryNiobium (Columbium), Phosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeB
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsPyrochlore
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
Discovery year1958
Identification
Deposit ID10255683
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates0.53485, 29.31799
References
CANADIAN AMBASSY, "NOTES ON SOMINKI - 1979," CANADIANAMBASSY IN ZAIRE.CARBONNEAU C., CARON J.C., "THE PRODUCTION OF PYROCHLORECONCENTRATES AT ST. LAWRENCE COLUMBIUM AND METALS LTD.,"C.I.M.M. BULLETIN, MARCH 1965.ELLIS, MILLER. W., "THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ZAIRE," MINERALYEAR BOOK - 1980.GITTINS, J., "SUMMARY AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF CARBONATITECOMPLEXES."HEINRICH, E.E., "THE GEOLOGY OF THE CARBONATITIES," RANDMCNALLY & CO., 1966.MCGRAW HILL, "INTERNATIONAL MINERALS/METALS REVIEW, ZAIRE,1978," MCGRAW HILL.MINING JOURNAL, "MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, ZAIRE 1979, 1980,1982, & 1983."PERRAULT G., MANKER E. A., "GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OFNIOBIUM DEPOSITS." INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, 1981.REPUBLIQUE DE ZAIRE, "INDUSTRIE MINIERE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DEZAIRE," DEPARTMENT DES MINES, REPPORT ANNUEL, 1980.ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, "THE ECONOMICS OF NIOBIUM,"THIRD ED., 1979, AND FOURTH ED., 1983.SOMINKI, "SOCIETE MINIERE ET INDUSTRIELLES DU KIVU," RAPPORTANNUEL, 1981.WHITE, L., "ZAIRE, TRANSPORT PROBLEMS ...," ENGINEERING &MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 1979.DITCHBURN, RIDDELL, "POTENTIAL COLUMBIUM PRODUCERS, UNIONCARBIDE'S BINGO DEPOSIT (1971)," DITCHBURN RIDDELL KERBYLIMITED.BRITISH SULPHUR, "WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 5THED., 1987, BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., PAGE 128.