M'Bassa Deposit

Producer in Angola with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium
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. Mining district
  9. Production statistics
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008273
MRDS ID D000284
Record type Site
Current site name M'Bassa Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 14.38476, -9.36436 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Angola(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Angola

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 14.38476, -9.36436

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LENTICULAR BODIES OF TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Luando Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1966
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace TiO2 Ore Titanium Titanium 5wt-pct
    Major Ore Iron Iron 58wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UN, 1970, IRON RESOURCES OF THE WORLD

  • Production

    UN, 1970

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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