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Occurrence in Burkina Faso with commodities Gold, Platinum
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  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. 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 10038683
MRDS ID M046100
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -1.99852, 12.00072 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burkina Faso(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Burkina Faso

Comments on the location information

  • THE NAMES IN "A30" REPRESENT THOSE DISTRICTS WITHIN UPPER VOLTA THAT HAVE ALLUVICEL GOLD DEPOSITS AND HENCE THE ASSOCIATE PT - LIKE MINERAL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • A PLATINUM - LIKE MINERAL THAT UBIQUITOUSLY OCCURS WITH GOLD IN THE PLACERS AS SMALL FLAKES OR GRAINS, OFTEN IN THE SAME GRAIN WITH GOLD HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A TELLURIDE, PALLADIUM, AND PLATINUM BY VARIOUS GEOLOGIST. NO GEOCHEM TRACE WORK DONE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -1.99852, 12.00072
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gaoua, Diebougou, Bobo - Dioulasso, Leo, Tenkadogo, Ouagadougou

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULL. DIR. MINES, GOV. L'AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANCAISE, VOL. 13. P. 207

Reporter information

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