Hahotoe Deposit

Past Producer in Togo with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Bentonite, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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 60000672
MRDS ID ISM0399
Record type District
Current site name Hahotoe Deposit
Alternate or previous names Hahotoe-Kpogame, Akoumape, Dagbati

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 1.43475, 6.38441 (WGS84)
Relative position ROUGH ESTIMATE. TWO PRODUCING MINES: HAHOTOE MINE: 6 DEG. 23'N; 1 DEG. 26'E; KPOGAME MINE: 6 DEG. 20'N; 1 DEG. 24'E. EXPLORATION PROJECT DAGBATI: 6 DEG. 05'N; 1 DEG. 30'E

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Togo(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Togo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Bentonite Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 1.43475, 6.38441

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Discovery year 1952
Year of first production 1961

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner COMPAGNIE TOGOLAISE DES MINES DU BENIN (COTOMIB), GOVERNMENT OWNED
  • Type Operator
    Owner COTOMIB

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON

  • Deposit

    KILINC, M. AND COTILLON, P. 1970: LE GISEMENT DE HAHOTOE KAPOGAME, EXEMPLE DE PIEGE SEDIMENTAIRE A SABLE PHOSPHATES. BULL. BRGM, SECT.II, NO.1, PP.43-63

Beyond USGS

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