Blafo - Gueto

Occurrence in Cote D'Ivoire with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090228
MRDS ID AD00252
Record type Site
Current site name Blafo - Gueto

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -4.99855, 7.00109 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 200KM NORTH WEST OF ABIDJAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cote D'Ivoire(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Cote D'Ivoire

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Todorokite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Gibbsite Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result MNO2 FE203 SIO2 AL203 TI02 LOI AND OTHER ELEMENTS 30.9% 26.8% 23.2% 8.6% 0.24%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Birrimian
    Rock description Birrimian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -4.99855, 7.00109

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 8000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALMOST VERTICAL HORIZONS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1990 Pracejus, Bernard.M. Adelaide University

Beyond USGS

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