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Occurrence in Cameroon with commodities Iron, Chromium, Platinum, Vanadium, Titanium, Metal
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038677
MRDS ID M046094
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 11.00144, 3.00136 (WGS84)
Relative position BETWEEN KRIBI AND EBOLOWA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cameroon(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Cameroon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Chromium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Titanium, Metal Critical Secondary

Analytical data

Result FE = 56%
Result TIO2 = 4%, V2O5 = 1%, CR2O3 = 10% PT = 1-3G/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) 11.00144, 3.00136

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nodules In Zones Within The Laterite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Akom Ii - Nkomakak

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ECONOMIC POSSIBILITES UNDER STUDY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    L. LAPLINE, 1969, BULL. NO. 3 MINES ET GEOL., REP. FED. DU CAMEROUN, P. 107 - 109

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PT VALUES OCCUR WITHIN IRON NODULES THAT ARE FOUND IN THE LATERITIC SOILS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Snyder, Walter S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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