Producer

Mogbwemo/Pejebu/Lanti/Gveni/Sembeh

Sierra Leone
TitaniumZirconium
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Commodities
PrimaryTitanium
SecondaryZirconium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsGarnet, Ilmenite, Rutile
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1967
Discovery year1954
Identification
Deposit ID10280308
Alternate namesBelebu/Bamba, Mogbwemo, Lanti, Pejebu
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates8.25102, -12.6986
References
E&MJ. SIERRA LEONE'S RUTILE: DOWN BUT NOT DEAD. JUNE1981, PP. 214-218.INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. WORLD PRODUCERS OF TITANIUMMINERALS. JANUARY 1968.INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. SIERRA LEONE RUTILE PRODUCTIONBEGINS. JULY 1979, P. 14.LYND, LANGTRY, AND STANLEY LEFOND. TITANIUM MINERALS.1975. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS. 4TH ED., PUBLISHED BYAIME, 1975.MINING JOURNAL. SHERBRO SUSPENDS OPERATIONS. APRIL 23,1971, P. 311.MINING MAGAZINE. SIERRA RUTILE. JUNE 1981, PP. 458-463.SPENCER, R.V. AND F.R. WILLIAMS. THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARUTILE MINING INDUSTRY IN SIERRA LEONE. EIGHTH COMMONWEALTHMINING AND METALLURGICAL CONGRESS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND,1965. PUBLISHED IN PUBLICATIONS - VOLUME 6: PROCEEDINGS -GENERAL, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, 1967, PP. 1337-1341.U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SIERRALEONE. MINERALS YEARBOOK. 1976. P. 921U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. TITANIUM MINERALS YEARBOOK. 1979,P. 945.WEST AFRICA. SIERRA RUTILE'S SECOND LOAD. FEBRUARY 11,1980, P. 281.*MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, APRIL 29, 1994. V. 322, NO. 8273,P. 314. "SIERRA LEONE-RUTILE EXPANSION."*MINING MAGAZINE, MAR. 1994, V. 170 NO. 3, P. 178.*MINING ANNUAL REVIEW. JULY 1993. "SIERRA LEONE."*INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. FEB. 1994. NO. 317. P. 75."SIERRA RUTILE CONTINUES EXPANSION."*MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, NOV. 26, 1993. V.321, NO. 9252,P.374. "MARKET NEWS."*MINING JOURNAL, LONDON. APRIL 29, 1994. V.322. NO.8273.P.314. "SIERRA LEONE."*INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. MARCH 1995. NO. 330. P. 18-19."REBELS ROUTED AS RUTILE MINE RECAPTURED."*INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. APRIL 1995. NO. 331. P. 15."NO REPRIEVE FOR SRL."*AMERICAN METAL MARKETS. APRIL 25, 1995. VOL. 103, NO. 79.P.1. "SIERRA LEONE FORCES RETAKE NORD RUTILE MINE."*NORD RESOURCES ANNUAL REPORT 1990, P. 5.