| Deposit ID | 10096544 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W029745 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tambao, Upper Volta |
| Geographic coordinates: | 0.06816, 14.78383 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 300 |
| Relative position | 86 KM NE FROM DORI 320 KM NE FROM OUGADONGON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Burkina Faso(country)
| Country |
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| Burkina Faso |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hausmanite | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Kaolinite | Gangue |
| Mica | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 56.2 % MN |
|---|---|
| Result | 1.4 % SIO2 |
| Result | 2.6 % AL2O3 |
| Result | 2 % K2O |
| Result | 0.14 % P FOR OXIDE ORES. 48.6 % MN |
| Result | 6.8 % SIO2 |
| Result | 0.6 % FEO |
| Result | 3 % CAO |
| Result | 3.4 % MGO |
| Result | 17.6 % CO2 FOR CARBONATE ORE |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock | ||||||
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| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock |
| Rock unit name | Volcanics (Basites) And Gneiss;Schists & Tuffs, Intercalations Of Quartzite & Ore;Gneisses;Amphibolites |
| Rock description | Volcanics (Basites) And Gneiss;Schists & Tuffs, Intercalations Of Quartzite & Ore;Gneisses;Amphibolites |
| (1) | 0.06816, 14.78383 |
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| General form | BLANKET |
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| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1959 |
| Discoverer | Brgm |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1974 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 13000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W029745 |
SRC.REF: METAL BULLETIN 1977, WEISS: MANGANESE THE OTHER USES.
HOITIN, G. AND OUEDRAOGO, O.F. 1975: NOTICE EXPLICATIVE DE LA CARTE GEOLOGIQUE A 1:1000000 DE LA REPUBLIQUE DE HAUTE-VOLTA EDITIONS DU BGRM, PARIS 1975
L'OFFICE GENERAL DES PROJETS DE TAMBAO, 1974 PRESENTATION GENERALE OUGADONGON, OCTOBER 1974
1962 , DIREXPL , BRGM
1967 , DIREXPL , UNDP
1970 , DIREXPL , UNDP
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MANGANESE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF TWO HILLS (LONG AXIS NW-SE)WITHIN A PENEPLAINE. MAIN HILL 1550 M LONG 350 M WIDE, 77 M HIGHT FROM PENEPLAINE SECOND HILL: 850 M LONG 200 M WIDE, 44 M HIGHT FROM PENEPLAINE. THE LAYERS OF MN-ORE CONSIST OF OXIDES NEAR SURFACE, TO DEPTH MN CARBONATES AND SOMETIMES GONDITES PREDOMINATE |
| Deposit | AVERAGE THICKNESS OF MAIN OREBODY UP TO 45 M. OVERBURDEN AT SOME PLACES (LATERITES, CANGA UP TO 5 M THICK). 4 SEAM OF MN-ORE SEPARATED BY KAOLINITIC AND ARGILLITIC ROCKS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1978 | Krauss, Ulrich H. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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