Commodities
PrimaryNiobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Lithium, Tin
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePEGMATITE, ZONED, WEATHERING
Deposit sizeN
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1919
Discovery year1911
Identification
Deposit ID60000722
MRDS IDISM0500
RegionAF
Data scoreD
Coordinates-7.2978, 27.45132
References
BASSOT, J.P.,MORIO,M,AND LEVESQUE,M.X.,1980: EXPERTISE GEOLOGIQUE,ETUDE MINERALURGIQUE PRELIMINAIRE ET APPROCHE ECONOMIQUE EN VUE DE L'EXPLOITATION EVENTUELLE DE LA PEGMATITE DURE DE MANONO(ZAIRE)--B.R.G.M. NOVEMBER 1980KUNASZ, I.A.,1976:LITHIUM RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE. --IN VINE,J.D.(EDITOR) U.S.G.S.,PROF.PAPER NO.1005ANGERMEIER,H-O.ET AL.1974: ZAIRE. --ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LNDERBERICHTE,NO.3 HANNOVER,BFB (=BGR)VARLAMOFF,N.,1968:DIE BERYLL-UND LITHIUMPEGMATITE RWANDAS,DES KONGO UND MADAGASKARS.---ERZMETALL,VOL.21.NO.6,P.261-269.