Tambao Deposit

Prospect in Burkina Faso with commodity Manganese
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 60000578
MRDS ID ISM0170
Record type District
Current site name Tambao Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 0.06819, 14.7838 (WGS84)
Relative position 353 KM NE OF OUAGADOUGOU; AREA REPRESENTS 2 NORTH-SOUTH TRENDING HILLS THE MN IS MINED FROM; MAIN NORTHERN HILL 1550 M LONG, SOUTHERN HILL 850 M LONG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burkina Faso(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Burkina Faso

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 0.06819, 14.7838

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1960

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner GOVERNMENT OF HAUTEVOLTA
    Interest 51
  • Type Owner
    Owner TAMBAO MANGANESE MINE DEVELOPMENT, LTD.
    Interest 30
  • Type Owner
    Owner UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION
    Interest 7
  • Type Owner
    Owner SOCIETE DU MANGANESE OF FRANCE
    Interest 3
    Home office FRANCE
  • Type Owner
    Owner EXPLORATION UND BERGBAU CO.
    Interest 9
    Home office WEST GERMANY
  • Type Operator
    Owner SOCIETE MINIERE DE TAMBAO (SOMITAM)
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUKE, V. W. A., 1979, MANGANESE, A MINERAL COMMODITY REVIEW: INTERNAL REPORT 53, SOUTH AFRICAN MINERALS BUREAU, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, P. 86-88.

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL MATERIALS ADVISORY BOARD, 1981, MANGANESE RESERVES AND RESOURCES OF THE WORLD AND THEIR INDUSTRIAL IMPLICATIONS: NMAB-374, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, WASHINGTON, DC, P. 201-203. (G12, L11, G13, C14, RR17-RR18, RR24)

  • Deposit

    GRANDIN, G., 1976, APLANISSEMENTS CUIRASSES ET ENRICHISSEMENT DES GISEMENTS DE MANGANESE DANS QUELQUES REGIONS D'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST: MEMOIRE ORSTOM NO. 82, PARIS.

Beyond USGS

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