Manono

Plant in Katanga, Congo (Kinshasa) with commodities Lithium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum from Tin Slag, Tin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183207
MRDS ID ISM0500
MAS/MILS ID 7660400023
Record type Site
Current site name Manono
Related records 10231544, 60000722

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 27.45132, -7.27701 (WGS84)
Elevation 600
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Katanga(province)

Congo (Kinshasa)(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Congo (Kinshasa) Katanga

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Tantalum from Tin Slag Primary
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Columbite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Tantalite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 27.45132, -7.27701

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 910726

Comments on the geologic information

  • SIMILAR SIZE PEGMATITE AS KITOTOLO (7660400024) WHICH IS 8 KM TO THE SW. IE. ABOUT 4,800 M IN LENGTH AND 400 M IN WIDTH. PEGMATITE WEATHERED TO A DEPTH OF 61 M-WEATHERED MATERIAL GRADES 0.08% SNO2 AND 0.006% CB2O5.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1912
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1919
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Gravity
Milling method Flotation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Zaire Government (50% Of Zairetain)
    Interest 50
    Home office Zaire
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Zaire Government
    Interest 50
    Home office Zaire
    Year 1982

Comments on the ownership information

  • ZAIRETAIN IN 1968 ACQUIRED "COMPAGNIE GEOLOGIQUE ET MINIER DES INGENIEURS ET INDUSTRIELS" (GEOMINES), INC. 1910.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THESE ARE THE ESTIMATED INSITU RESOURCES AS DETAILED IN THE MANONO DEPOSIT REPORT, PAGE
  • 2885 MTPD ORE FEED X 260=750,100 MTPY ORE EST. 30,000,000 MT SPODUMENE RESERVE AT 6.0% LIO2 GEST DU PORTEFEUILL/GEOMINE BRUSSELS. COMBINED PLACER (MANONO) AND PEGMATITE (KITOTOLO) RESOURCES IN RECOVERABLE MT
  • E/MJ RESERVE FIGURES: PROVEN-37,000 MT SN; PROBABLE-160,000 MT; POSSIBLE 150,000 MT SN; 12,000,000CU-MT ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 10
    Capacity 2885
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • SN SMELTER AND POWER PLANT ON SITE. WATER FROM MANONO RIVER NEARBY. SMELTER OUTPUT CAPACITY IS 7,000 MT SN METAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING

  • Reserve-Resource

    OPERATIONS, 1978. MCGRAW HILL N. Y. PP. 152, 356.

  • Deposit

    DMA SERIES 1501. SHEET SC35- . SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    DEKUN,N.1965. THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA.ELSEVIER PUBL.

  • Deposit

    CO. LONDON. PP. 468-469.

  • Deposit

    LYONS.1952.OPEN PIT MINING AT GEOMINES(MANONO).MINING WORLD.

  • Deposit

    V. 14. NO. 12. PP. 32-37.

  • Deposit

    BASSOT, J.P., MORIO, M., LEVESQUE, M.X., "EXPERTISE

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIQUE, ETUDE MINERALURGIQUE PRELIMINAIRE ET

  • Deposit

    APPROCHE ECONOMIQUE EN VUE DE L'EXPLOITATION EVENTUELLE

  • Deposit

    DE LA PEGMATITE DURE DE MANON (ZAIRE)," BUREAU DE

  • Deposit

    RECHERCHE GEOLOGIQUE ET MINIERE (BRGM), NOVEMBER 1980.

  • Deposit

    ELLIS, M.W., "THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ZAIRE," MINERAL YEAR

  • Deposit

    BOOK, 1980.

  • Deposit

    LABERGE, F.J., NOTES FROM CANADIAN EMBASSY IN KINSHASA,

  • Deposit

    ZAIRE, MARCH 1983. (UNCLASSIFIED NOTE ON ZAIRETAIN,

  • Deposit

    1979).

  • Deposit

    LANDA, L., KARPOF D., CLAEYS, E., "GEOLOGIE DU GISEMENT DE

  • Deposit

    MANONO," GEOMINES, FEBRUARY 1950.

  • Deposit

    MCGRAW HILL, INTERNATIONAL MINERALS/METAL REVIEW, SECTION:

  • Deposit

    ZAIRE, MCGRAW HILL, 1979.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1979, 1980, 1982.

  • Deposit

    PELLETIER, R.A., "MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH CENTRAL AFRICA"

  • Deposit

    MONOGRAPHY, 1964

  • Deposit

    PHILIPS, F., CLAEYS, E., "L'EXPLOITATION DES MINERAIS

  • Deposit

    STANNIFERES DE MANONO KITOTOLO," GEOMINES.

  • Deposit

    REPUBLIQUE DU ZAIRE, CONJONCTURE ECONOMIQUE, DECEMBER 1981 &

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIE MINIERE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DE ZAIRE RAPPORT

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL, 1980.

  • Deposit

    ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD: THE ECONOMICS OF TANTALUM

  • Deposit

    3RD ED, 1979. THE ECONOMICS OF NIOBIUM, 3RD ED, 1979.

  • Deposit

    THE ECONOMICS OF NIOBIUM, 4TH ED., 1983.

  • Deposit

    TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON TIN, "THE WORK OF GEOMINES AT

  • Deposit

    MANONO," THE GEOMINES COMPANY: LONDON 1967.

  • Deposit

    THOREAU, J., "LA PEGMATITE STANNIFERE DE MANONO (KATANGA),"

  • Deposit

    GEOMINES.

  • Deposit

    WHITE, L., "ZAIRE," ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER

  • Deposit

    1979, PP. 188-189.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-SEP-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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