Andriamena Mining Area

Producer in Madagascar with commodity Chromium
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. Ownership information
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000524
MRDS ID ISM0044
Record type District
Current site name Andriamena Mining Area
Alternate or previous names Bemanevika, Telomita, Ankazotaolana Deposits, Andriamenha

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 47.50107, -17.41365 (WGS84)
Relative position 100 KM NW OF A'TONDRAZAKA; AREA INCLUDES 300 LENSES OF CHROMITE AND ELUVIAL AREAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madagascar(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Madagascar

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 47.50107, -17.41365

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1954
Year of first production 1967

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner KRAOMITA MALAGASY (KRAOMA)
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner KRAOMITA MALAGASY (KRAOMA)
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MURDOCK,T., 1963, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE MALAGASY REPUBLIC: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8196, P. 74-76.

  • Deposit

    TEX REPORT, 1978, CHROME, IN 1978 FERRO ALLOY MANUAL: JAPAN, TEX REPORT, P. 108-109.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 1976, MALAGASY REPUBLIC, IN MINING ANNUAL REVIEW 1976: LONDON, JUNE, P. 445-446. (PA1)

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 1978, MALAGASY REPUBLIC, IN MINING ANNUAL REVIEW 1978: LONDON, JUNE, P. 491-492. (PA2)

  • Deposit

    THAYER, T.P., AND LIPIN,B.R., 1978, A GEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF WORLD CHROMITE PRODUCTION FOR THE YEAR 2000 A.D.: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, COUNCIL OF ECONOMICS PPROCEEDINGS (FOR MEETING OF FEB.26-MAR.2, 1978),P. 143-152. (PC1)

  • Deposit

    THOMAS, P., 1982, WRITTEN COMMUN., MAS DATA: DENVER, COLO., U.S.BUREAU OF MINES. (RR1, RR8)

  • Deposit

    TEX REPORT, 1981, CHROME, IN FERRO ALLOY MANUAL: JAPAN, TEX REPORT, P. 112-115. (S6, C5, C14, C17, G13)

  • Reserve-Resource

    DeYoung, J.H., Jr., Lee, M.P., and Lipin, B.R., 1984, International Strategic Minerals Inventory summary report - chromium: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 930-B, 41 p.

Beyond USGS

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