Gambos, Chiange, and Chitado Deposits

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008274
MRDS ID D000285
Record type Site
Current site name Gambos, Chiange, and Chitado Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 14.00148, -16.04725 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Angola(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Angola

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. LOCATION IS AN ARBITRARY 'CENTER POINT' OF THE LOCATIONS OF THE THREE DEPOSITS.

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 14.00148, -16.04725

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MASSIVE DEPOSITS OF TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE (UN, 1970)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIAL TONNAGE OF ORE NOT GIVEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UN, 1970, IRON RESOURCES OF THE WORLD

  • Reserve-Resource

    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.