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Niari Basin area

Occurrence in Congo (Brazzaville) with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Vanadium
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  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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008199
MRDS ID D000178
Record type Site
Current site name Niari Basin area
Alternate or previous names bassin du Niari, Niari Basin River Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 13.00143, -3.99809 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Congo (Brazzaville)(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Congo (Brazzaville)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 13.00143, -3.99809
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEBEDEFF, V., AND CHOUBERT, G., 1934, Novelles observations sur les mineraux du bassin du Niari (A.E.F.): Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires de Seances de l'Academie des Sciences, v. 198, no. 5, Jan. 1934, p. 484-486.

Comments on the references

  • LEBEDEFF, V., AND CHOUBERT, G., 1934-SEE USGS BULL. 131 (There is NO mention of Niari Basin in this USGS publication, therefore A.B. Wilson removed it from the references list and replaced it with the correct citation).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General This is not a deposit but a large region that contains some deposits. This record should probably be deleted. Or ignored.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 17-FEB-2010 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey Corrected reference. This is a large area, not a site. M'Passa mine is in this region.

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

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