Pawm Pawm River

Occurrence in Eastern, Ghana with commodity Manganese

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10003809
MRDS ID	AD00142
Record type	Site
Current site name	Pawm Pawm River

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Approximate
Geographic coordinates:	-0.42393, 6.40497 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eastern(province)

Ghana(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Ghana	Eastern

Comments on the location information

ON TERRACE OF PAWM PAWM RIVER; 3.8 MILES FROM AKOMAKOPA, ON TRACK TO APIMSO

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Manganese Critical	Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1)	-0.42393, 6.40497	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form SHEET AT SURFACE

Depth to top 0M

General form	SHEET AT SURFACE
Depth to top	0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Volta River District

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	AD00142

Bibliographic references

Deposit

KITSON, A. AND FELTON, W.J., 1930. GOLD COAST (GHANA) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN, 5:26

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-APR-1990	Pracejus, Bernard.M.	Adelaide University

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.