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Kodjari

Producer in Burkina Faso with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Reserves and resources
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023291
MRDS ID I000121
Record type Site
Current site name Kodjari

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -2.49853, 12.83398 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burkina Faso(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Burkina Faso

Comments on the location information

  • ASTRIDE THE BURKINA FASO-NIGER BORDER IN THE PARCS NATIONAUX DU 'W' AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -2.49853, 12.83398
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1967

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Total resources 60000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 18 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1990

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEPOSIT HAS BEEN WORKED ON A SMALL SCALE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF WEST GERMANY'S DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FUR TECHNISCHE ZUSAMMENARBEIT (GTZ) FOR DIRECT APPLICATION FERTILIZER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NOTHOLT, ARTHUR, 1990, BURKINA FASO, IN NORTH AND WEST AFRICA: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW 1990, P. 135-136

  • Reserve-Resource

    NOTHOLT, 1990.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1960'S
Deposit DEPOSITS ARE WELL-BEDDED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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