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Gbangbama - Mogbwemo District

Prospect in Sierra Leone with commodities Titanium, Zirconium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000858
MRDS ID ISM0748
Record type District
Current site name Gbangbama - Mogbwemo District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -12.2986, 7.78435 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra Leone(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Sierra Leone

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -12.2986, 7.78435
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description ALLUVIAL DEPOSITION IN OLD DRAINAGE COURSES ON COASTAL PLAIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name GBANGBAMA - MOGBWEMO DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner NORD RESOURCES CORPORATION
    Year 1954
  • Type Operator
    Owner SIERRA RUTILE LTD.
    Year 1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEINBERG, R.L., KATZ, S.Y., 1984, THE EMERGENCE OF SIERRA RUTILE - A PERSPECTIVE VIEW FROM PRODUCER AND TRADER: IN SIXTH INDUSTRIAL MINERALS INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS TORONTO 1984.

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, REG, 1984, TITANIUM AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE: PUBLISHED BY FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS INFORMATION LTD, P. 43-45.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 1981, SIERRA RUTILE: MINING MAGAZINE, JUNE 1981, P. 458-4

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 1984, RUTILE AND KAOLIN - SUCCESSFUL COMBINATION FOR NORD: MINING JOURNAL, OCTOBER 12, 1984, P. 252.

  • Deposit

    UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA, 1981, TITANIUM IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION OF MINERAL RESOURCES IN AFRICA, ARUSHA, TANZANIA, FEBRUARY 2-6, 1981. PUBLISHED BY INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND METALLURGY, UN ECONOMIC COMMISSION AFRICA P. 264-270.

  • Deposit

    MICHEL, H. AND BLEMESDERFER, G.K., 1974, TRANSLATION FROM GERMAN OF THE MAIN PARTS OF W. RAUFUSS PUBLICATION: STRUCTURE, HEAVY MINERAL CONTENT, GENESIS AND EXPLOITATION OF THE SEDIMENTARY RUTILE DEPOSITS IN SIERRA LEONE (GEOLOGISCHES JABRBUCH, REIHE D - HEFT 5, HANNOVER 1973, 25 P.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW, 1979, SIERRA RUTILE LTD COMMENCES PRODUCTION IN SIERRA LEONE, WEST AFRICA: SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW, JUNE 9, 1979, P. 8.

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