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Friguia

Producer in Guinea with commodities Aluminum, Silica, Ferrosilicon
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084833
MRDS ID W700046
Record type Site
Current site name Friguia
Alternate or previous names Fria, Badi-Konkoure

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -13.66527, 10.50087 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guinea(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Guinea

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Silica, Ferrosilicon Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Boehmite Ore
Gibbsite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 111
USGS model code 38b
Deposit model name Bauxite, laterite type

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Schist, Shale
    Rock description Schist, Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -13.66527, 10.50087
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CRET FOLD AND FAULTING, MANGANESE DECREASES FROM BASE OF LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1967
    Total resources 66964000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum Al2O3 40 wt-pct Aluminum Major 1967
    Silica, Ferrosilicon SiO2 2 wt-pct Silica Minor 1967
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1963
    Total resources 140000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum Al2O3 42 wt-pct Aluminum Major 1963

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1980 ESTIMATE INCLUDES 500,000 MT OXIDE ORE AT 47% MN. MEASURE METRIC TONS OF CRUDE ORE (CARBONATE AND OXIDES COMBINED).

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (TRANSPORT/ACCESS; PROCESSING; X; NEW KILN CAPACITY AT MINE MUST BE ADDED TO INCREASE PRODUCTION). DEVELOPMENT (YES); EXPLORATION (YES); ASSESSMENT (VERY LARGE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL RESERVES AS NEEDED BY COMPANY, TOTAL RESOURCES ESTIMATED AT 1.5 BILLION MT OF ORE); AVERAGE 27.7% MN; RESERVES ARE LARGEST IN NORTH AMERICA. ; ECON.COM: VERY LARGE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL RESERVES AS NEEDED BY COMPANY, TOTAL RESOURCES ESTIMATED AT 1.5 BILLION MT OF ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON, S.H., 1967: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1228, 176 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1963, MINERALS YEARBOOK.

  • Reserve-Resource

    1967 ESTIMATE IS FROM PATTERSON, 1967. 1963 ESTIMATE IS FROM USBM, 1963.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THOUGH CHIPOCO FM IS 450 FT THICK, ONLY THE BOTTOM 20-25 FT ARE ORE.
Deposit SURFACE-UNDERGROUND CONCENTRATE THE LOW GRADE (27% MN) ORE IS ROASTED IN A ROTARY IN KILM TO PRODUCE A NODULE OF SYNTHETIC MANGANESE OXIDES GRADING 39% MN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit RECORD ISM0155 BY WILLIAM F. CANNON HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD.
Deposit LATERITE IS 25-30 FT THICK; HARD LUMPS AND CRUSTS IN RED CLAY ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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