Adjintor

Occurrence in Mali with commodity Diatomite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023766
MRDS ID I001507
Record type Site
Current site name Adjintor

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -4.18184, 16.5504 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mali(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Mali

Comments on the location information

  • S OF L. FAGUIBINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -4.18184, 16.5504

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAIGA, OUSMANE, 1982, CARTOGRAPHIE DES GISEMENTS DE DIATOMITE AU SUD DU LAC FAGUIBINE: REPUBLIQUE DU MALI, MINISTERE DE L'ELEVAGE ET DES EAUX ET FORETS, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ZOOTECHNIQUE FORESTIERE ET HYDROBIOLOGIQUE, PROJET INVENTAIRE DES RESSOURCES TERRESTRES PUBICATION 4, 15 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COVERS 0.3 SQUARE KM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1991 Wells, Tina M. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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