Winneba

Occurrence in Ghana with commodities Platinum, Copper, Nickel

Sections on this page

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10038682
MRDS ID	M046099
Record type	Site
Current site name	Winneba

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-1.1655, 5.36925 (WGS84)
Relative position	CENTRAL REGION W. OF WINNEBA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ghana(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Ghana

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Platinum Critical	Primary
Copper	Secondary
Nickel Critical	Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

TRACE ONLY

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chalcopyrite	Ore
Pyrite	Ore

Analytical data

Result	PT, 0.0075 - 0.017 OZ/TON CU = 0.14%, NI = 0.02 TO 0.17%

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Plutonic Rock

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Plutonic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-1.1655, 5.36925	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Comments on development

ECON.COM: SUBECONEMIC

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046099

Bibliographic references

Deposit

GOL. SURVEY OF GHANA, BULLETIN 28 1962
Deposit

A. R. G. S. 1925 - 26, P. 22 AND BULLETIN 24 P. 49

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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