I Songo

Occurrence in Madagascar with commodities Platinum, Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10038689
MRDS ID	M046107
Record type	Site
Current site name	I Songo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	47.33445, -23.16326 (WGS84)
Relative position	I SONJO RIVER 40 MILES N/W OF VANGAINDRANO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madagascar(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Madagascar

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Platinum Critical	Tertiary
Gold	Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1909 - 1911 5 TROY OZ.

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1)	47.33445, -23.16326	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046107

Bibliographic references

Deposit

A. LACROIX; LE PLATINE A MADAGASCAR; SOC. FRAN CAISE DE MIN. BUL 6, 1918 P. 98 - 99

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-OCT-1975	Gray, Floyd	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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