Bevondrano

Producer in Fianarantsoa, Madagascar with commodity Beryllium

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10207514
MAS/MILS ID	7880250005
Record type	Site
Current site name	Bevondrano

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	46.33442, -21.16341 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fianarantsoa(province)

Madagascar(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Madagascar	Fianarantsoa

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Beryllium Critical	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	46.33442, -21.16341	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

5 PEGMATITES--LARGEST 200 M LONG, 15 M THICK(WIDE), INCLINED 45 DEGS. LARGEST PEGMATITE HAS 3 ZONES. 2ND ZONE CONTAINS QUARTZ, ALBITE, PERTHITE, MUSCOVITE AND BERYL. MAXIMUM SIZE OF BERYL CRYSTALS IS 10 CM IN DIA. TOTAL PRODUCTION-76 TONS OF BERYL (NO DATE AVAILABLE).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Surface
Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	7880250005

Bibliographic references

Deposit

DEPOSIT SUMMARY REPORT, UNIV.OF IDAHO, JUNE 1976.

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.