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Minim Martap

Prospect in Cameroon with commodities Aluminum, Silica
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  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. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183524
MAS/MILS ID 7420100004
Record type Site
Current site name Minim Martap

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 12.96813, 6.93434 (WGS84)
Elevation 1200
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cameroon(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Cameroon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gibbsite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 12.96813, 6.93434
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9M
    Depth to top 10M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 LATERITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Minimum Depth to Top 3
    Date of Last Modification 830617
  • Area 2500HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2500
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • FEASIBILITY STUDY RESULTS WERE DUE AT END OF 1974.SEBACAM REQUESTED PARTICIPATION OF ARDECO IN DEVEL.IN 1974 DEPOSITS LOCATED 120 KM SW OF NGAOUNDERE, 62 KM NE OF TIBATI, COORDINATES ARE OF A POINT MIDWAY BETWEEN MINIM AND MARTAP VILLAGES
  • BAUXITE IS GIBBSITIC

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Societe D'Etudes Des Bauxites De Cameroun(Sebacam)
    Home office Cameroon
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cameroon Government
    Interest 40
    Home office Cameroon
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Pechiney Ugine Kuhlmann
    Interest 50
    Home office France
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Veringte Aluminum-Werke
    Interest 10
    Home office Germany
    Year 1976

Comments on the ownership information

  • SEBACAM SET UP IN 1973 TO EVALUATE MINIM-MARTAP DEPOSITS AS TO FEASIBILITY OF MINING DEPOSITS FOR EXPORT OF BAUXITE OR FOR FEED TO PROPOSED AL2O3 REFINERY

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 1000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum Al2O3 41.5 wt-pct Aluminum Major 1980
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 800000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum Al2O3 42 wt-pct Aluminum Major 1980
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Demonstrated 800000000mt ore
    Total resources 800000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum Al2O3 44 wt-pct Aluminum Major 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • EXPECTED DEVELOPMENT IN FUTURE. SOME ESTIMATE TOTAL BAUXITE RESOURCE(>40% AL2O3)AT 1,815,000,000 PRE-FEASIBILITY STUDY DUE END 1974. OW>CAMEROON GOVT, PECHINEY UGINE KUHLMANN, VERINGTE AL-WERKE. OPERATOR: SEBACAM.
  • PATTERSON AND OTHERS STATE THAT TOTAL BAUXITE RESOURCES CONTAINING 40%AL2O3 MAY BE AS MUCH AS 1,815,000,000 MT. OVER 2500 HECTARES HAD BEEN PROSPECTED BY 1959- RESULTING IN ESTIMATE OF >454,000,000MT AT 44% AL2O3 AND 3% SIO2.OVER 5000 HECTARES HAD BEEN PROSPECTED BY 1960, RESULTING IN THE ESTIMATE OF 817,000,000 MT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2500HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 10
    Primary Material Cover HARDPAN
    Hardness of Ore HARDPAN
    Unit Production Cost 4.03
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1981

Comments on other economic factors

  • DEPOSITS VERY CLOSE (<5 KM)TO THE TIBATI TO NGAOUNDERE ROAD AND ABOUT 20 KM WEST OF THE YAOUNDE TO NGAOUNDERE RAILWAY.DEPOSITS 650 KM BY RAIL FROM THE EDEA SMELTER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    CRU COUNTRY REPORT, 1980.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOUNAL, NOVEMBER 1976, P. 196.

  • Reserve-Resource

    IBA QUARTERLY REVIEW, VOL. 4, JUNE 1976.

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, OVERSEAS BUSINESS

  • Reserve-Resource

    REPORTS, NO. 75-20, APRIL 1975.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1978.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, APRIL 1980, P. 158.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1979, P. 62.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, AUGUST, 1980.

  • Deposit

    INCREASES IN WORLD BAUXITE,ALUMINA AND ALUMINUM CAPACITIES.

  • Deposit

    1974.LONDON.P.52.

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON,S.H.1967.WORLD BAUXITE RESERVES AND ALUMINUM

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES.USGS BULL.1228.P.78.

  • Deposit

    BELINGA,S.1970.DECOUVERTE DE FORMATIONS BAUXITIQUES DANS LE

  • Deposit

    MASSIF DU NGAOINDOUROU,DANS L'ADAMAOUA,AU CAMEROUN(DISCOVERY

  • Deposit

    OF BAUXITIC FORMATIONS IN THE NGAOUNDOUROU MASSIF IN ADAMAWA

  • Deposit

    CAMEROON).CAMEROUN,UNIV.FED.,ANN.FAC.SCI.,NO.4,PP.3-9(ENGL.

  • Deposit

    SUMMARY).

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE.1974.CAMEROON BAUXITE PLAN.SEPT.1974.

  • Deposit

    STAFF,U.S.B.M.1976.MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF AFRICA.CO-

  • Deposit

    ORDINATED BY AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST AREA OFFICE,INTL.

  • Deposit

    DATA AND ANALYSIS.WASHINGTON,D.C.1976.P.16

  • Deposit

    BELINGA,S.1968.COMPOSITION MINERALOGIQUE DES BAUXITES DE

  • Deposit

    L'ADAMAOUA(CAMEROUN).ANN.FAC.SCI.YAOUNDE.NO.2.PP.59-76.

  • Deposit

    BELINGA,S.1968.ETUDE PETROGRAPHIQUE DES BAUXITES DUNGAOUDAL

  • Deposit

    ET DE MINIM-MARTAP DANS L'ADAMAOUA(CAMEROUN).ANN.FAC.SCI.

  • Deposit

    CAMEROUN.YAOUNDE.NO.1.PP.55-68.

  • Deposit

    BELING, S.E., MATURE SEDIMENTAIRE ET ANTOCHTONE DES BAUXITES

  • Deposit

    DE L'ADAMAOUA, AU CAMEROUN, FACULTE DES SCIENCES,

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSITE DU CAMEROUN.

  • Deposit

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1980.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS CAP THE NGAOUNDERE PLATEAU,LATERITIC LAYERS PROPERTY REVIEWED 7/92; NO NEW INFORMATION AVAILABLE. DEEPLY DISSECTED PLATEAUS BETWEEN THE VILLAGES OF MINIM AND RANGE FROM 3 TO 15 M THICK.SEVERAL NE-SW TRENDING,

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-DEC-1994 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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