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Prospect in Madagascar with commodities Gold, Platinum

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
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	10039052
MRDS ID	M046581
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unnamed
Alternate or previous names	Vatana ? River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	48.3344, -19.39681 (WGS84)
Relative position	42 MILES WEST OF VATOMANDRY, 68 MILES SE OF TANANARIVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madagascar(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Madagascar

Comments on the location information

SUSPECT BESAIRE'S OCCURRENCE TO BE SAME AS LACROIX'S ON THE VATANA NEAR AMBIA

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Platinum Critical	Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	48.3344, -19.39681	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Prospect
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Manampontsy Area

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046581

Bibliographic references

Deposit

BESAIRIE, 1964, MADAGASCAR CARTE GEOLOGIQUE, 1:1000000: MADAGASCAR SERVICE GEOLOGIQUE, SHEET 2
Deposit

LACROIX, 1913, MINERALOGIE DE LA FRANCE: LIBRAIRIE POLYTECHNIQUE V. 5, P. 55

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-APR-1976	Blair, Will N.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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