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Benguema Stream Tributaries

Occurrence in Sierra Leone with commodity Platinum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Controls for ore emplacement
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038317
MRDS ID M045649
Record type Site
Current site name Benguema Stream Tributaries

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -13.09527, 8.32574 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES W. OF WATERLOO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra Leone(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Sierra Leone

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -13.09527, 8.32574
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • River Drains Anorthosite Outcrops

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SEE FREETOWN LAYERED BASIC INTRUSIVE RECORD ; HR.AGE.MV: ALLUVIAL GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Freetown Layered Basic Complex

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POLLETT, 1931, ENG. AND MIN.JOUR., V. 132, NO. 9, P. 408

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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