Lueca Mine

Past Producer in Angola with commodities Vanadium, Lead
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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008201
MRDS ID D000180
Record type Site
Current site name Lueca Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 14.91809, -6.83121 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Angola(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Angola

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary
Lead Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 14.91809, -6.83121

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TEIXEIRA FAISCA, M. L., 1960; MILLMAN, A. P., 1960; PAULY, E., 1962-SEE USGS BULL. 1316

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCTION, 1940-1959, TOTALS 940 TONS (PROBABLY METRIC TONS OF ORE), ACCORDING TO TEIXEIRA FAISCA, 1960. USBM MINERALS YEARBOOKS REPORT 35 TONS OF VANADIUM PRODUCED IN THE LATE 1950'S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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