Moanda

Producer in Gabon with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003795
MRDS ID AD00127
Record type Site
Current site name Moanda

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 13.20142, -1.58161 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gabon(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Gabon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • METALLURGICAL GRADE, BATTERY GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Groutite Ore
Manganite Ore
Polianite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Illite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale > Black Shale
    Rock unit name Fracevillien Fb1
    Rock description Fracevillien Fb1
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 13.20142, -1.58161

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Plateau Bangombe

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Year of first production 1962

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Compagnie Miniere De L'Ogooue (Comilog)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LECLERC, J. AND WEBER, F., 1976. GEOLOGY AND GENESIS OF THE MOANDA MANGANESE DEPOSITS, REPUBLIC OF GABON. INT. SYMP. GEOL. GEOCHEM. MANGANESE, SYDNEY, 89-109

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Bolton, B.R.; Pracejus, B.M. Adelaide University

Beyond USGS

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