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Bauxite - Cameroon

Occurrence in Cameroon with commodity Aluminum
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068644
MRDS ID W001831
Record type Site
Current site name Bauxite - Cameroon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 10.00144, 4.83454 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cameroon(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Cameroon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Gibbsite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 10.00144, 4.83454
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUMORT, J.C., 1968, NOTICE EXPLICATIVE SUR LA FEUILLE DOUALA-OUEST: DIR. MIN. GEOL. CAMEROUN, YAOUNDE, 69 P., 1 MAP 1/500,000.

  • Deposit

    HIERONYMUS, BERNARD, 1971, PRELIMINARY NOTE ON THE WEATHERING OF TRACHYTE OF THE BAUXITIC ZONE OF FONGO-TONGO, MENOUA, CAMEROON, CAMEROUN, UNIV. FED., FAC. SCI., ANN., NO. 6, P. 39-52 (INCL. ENG. SUM.), ILLUS. (INCL. SKETCH MAP).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BAUXITIC ALTERATION OF NA-K SANIDINE AND CRISTOBALITE TRACHYTE TO GIBBSITE, SUBSEQUENT FORMATION OF KAOLINITE, SKETCH MAP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Bannigan, Jane L. U.S. Geological Survey

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