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Alako Water

Past Producer in Sierra Leone with commodities Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Osmium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038323
MRDS ID M045655
Record type Site
Current site name Alako Water

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -13.16332, 8.33435 (WGS84)
Relative position FROM GOOD LUCK HILL(2,249FT) TO WHALE RIVER SOUTH OF YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra Leone(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Sierra Leone

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Secondary
Iridium Critical Secondary
Osmium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -13.16332, 8.33435
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SEE FREETOWN LAYERED BASIC INTRUSIVE RECORD ; HR.AGE.MV: ALLUVIAL GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Freetown Layered Basic Complex

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POLLET, J.D. PLAT MIN IN SIERRA TEONE, ENG AND MIN. JOUR VOL. 132 P. 407

  • Deposit

    JUNNER, N.R., (1930), GEO. AND MIN RES. OF SIERRA TEONE, MIN. MAG VOL. 42 PP. 73-82

  • Deposit

    PLAT AND ALLIED METALS, MIN. RESOUR. DEPT. BRIT. IMP. INST.

  • Deposit

    DIXEY, FE, 1922, NORITE OF SIERRA TEONE, QUART. JOUR. GEO. SOC, V. 78 299-346

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Gray, Floyd U.S. Geological Survey

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