Marorangotra

Occurrence in Antananarivo, Madagascar with commodity Graphite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10159119
MAS/MILS ID 7880200003
Record type Site
Current site name Marorangotra

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 47.53438, -18.96355 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Antananarivo(province)

Madagascar(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Madagascar Antananarivo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 47.53438, -18.96355

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ONC MAP, SHEET P-6, SCALE 1:1,000,000.

  • Deposit

    BESAIRE H., CARTE MINIERE MADAGASCAR, SERVICE GEOLOGIQUE,

  • Deposit

    1964, SCALE 1:2,500,000.

  • Deposit

    MURDOCK,T.G., THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE MALAGASY REPUBLIC

  • Deposit

    , US BUMINES, IC 8196, 1963, P.122.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MURDOCK SHOWS ON MAP AS A SMALL DEPOSIT 10-20 KM SE OF TANANARIVE. BESAIRE SHOWS AS SMALL DEPOSIT ABOUT 10 KM S OF TAMANARIVE. CO-ORDINATES ARE OF A POINT 10 KM S OF TAMANARIVE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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