Buabinso

Occurrence in Western, Ghana with commodity Manganese

Sections on this page

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10003810
MRDS ID	AD00143
Record type	Site
Current site name	Buabinso

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Approximate
Geographic coordinates:	-2.41349, 5.74717 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Western(province)

Ghana(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Ghana	Western

Comments on the location information

HILL SOUTH OF BUABINSO

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Manganese Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Spessartite	Ore
Quartz	Gangue

Alteration

(Local) Metamorphosis, Oxidation

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1)	-2.41349, 5.74717	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Ankobra District

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	AD00143

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.