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Foia

Occurrence in Mozambique with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090240
MRDS ID AD00294
Record type Site
Current site name Foia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 32.93186, -16.66792 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mozambique(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Mozambique

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Spessartite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result SEE REFERENCE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) 32.93186, -16.66792
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATED LENSES
    Length 200M
    Width 6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • At Flanks Of Synclines

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSITS STRONGLY FOLLOW AXES OF ANTICLINES/SYNCLINES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REAL,F., 1966. GEOLOGIA DA BACIA DO RIO ZAMBEZE (MOZAMBIQUE). GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 134 - 138.

  • Deposit

    PYROLUSITE-RICH: 53.17% MN, 8.9% SI02, 0.07% P, RHODONITE-RICH: 44.69% MN, 24.30% SI02, 0.006% P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 DEPOSITS ABOUT 300M APART, PARALLEL, CONCORDANT WITH GNEISS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1990 Pracejus, Bernard.M. Adelaide University

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

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