Western
Producer

Nsutu

Western, Ghana
Manganese
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Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsRhodochrosite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1917
Discovery year1914
Identification
Deposit ID10256002
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates5.25121, -2.16526
References
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, AUGUST 1980.SOREM, R.K. AND E.N, CAMERON. "MANGANESE OXIDES ANDASSOCIATED MINERALS OF THE NSUTA MANGANESE DEPOSITS,GHANA, WEST AFRICA." ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 55, PP. 278-282. 1960.DUKE, V.A.W (COMPILER) MANGANESE A MINERAL COMMODITY REVIEW.SOUTH AFRICA DEPARTMENT OF MINES INTERNAL REPORT NO 53.JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, DECEMBER 1979, P. 76.MCMICHAEL, BRUCE. MANGANESE. EMD-THE POWER IN THE MARKET.IND. MIN. NO. 260, MAY 1989, PP. 45-46.NATIONAL MATERIALS ADVISORY BOARD, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL-NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. MANGANESE RESERVES ANDRESOURCES OF THE WORLD AND THIER INDUKSTRIAL IMPLICA--TIONS. NMAB-374, WASHINGTON DC, 1981, P. 180. NTIS,PB 82-117615.