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Bong Mine

Past Producer in Liberia with commodity Iron
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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. Ownership information
  10. Production statistics
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081084
MRDS ID W032784
Record type Site
Current site name Bong Mine
Alternate or previous names Salala Operations

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -10.80331, 6.31171 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Liberia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Liberia

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES FROM NIMA'S GEONAMES DATABASE ARE FOR MONROVIA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -10.80331, 6.31171
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1965

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bong Mining Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1975
    Material ORE FE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^39.0%
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 39wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • MULTIPLE BENCH ? STRIPPING RATIO 1:1

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 12600 ; ECON.YEAR: 1977 ; ECON.COM: MINE, CONCENTRATOR, AGGLOMERATETING PLANT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    E/MJ 1978; MM 1980; WAR MINERALS REPORT 1976-197

  • Production

    WAR MINERALS REPORT 1976-1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Gassaway, Judith, S. U.S. Geological Survey

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