| Deposit ID | 10081076 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W032775 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Prestea |
| Alternate or previous names | State Gold Mining-Prestea Field |
| Geographic coordinates: | -2.13189, 5.45119 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 150 KM W OF ACCARA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Ashanti(province)
Ghana(country)
Africa(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Ghana | Ashanti |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Ankerite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Rutile | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Dixcove Granite;Basic Dikes | ||||||
| Rock description | Dixcove Granite;Basic Dikes | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite |
| Rock unit name | Birimian System |
| Rock description | Birimian System |
| (1) | -2.13189, 5.45119 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Shear Zones In Several Horizons |
| General form | LENSES |
|---|---|
| Strike | NE |
| Dip | STEEP |
| Thickness | 10.67M |
| Length | 914.4M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Bogosu-Prestea-Tarkwa District |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ghana State Gold Mining Corp. |
| Year | 1961 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | AU | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^Grade 6 Dwt Per Ton | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W032775 |
DEKUN, NICOLAS, 1965, MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA: ELSEVIER PUB. CO., AMSTERDAM, 740 P.
E/MJ 1978; WAR MINERALS REPORT 1976-1977
KESSE, G.O., 1984, THE OCCURRENCE OF GOLD IN GHANA, IN FOSTER, R.P., ED., GOLD '82: THE GEOLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY AND GENESIS OF GOLD DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ZIMBABWE SPECIAL PUBLICATION 1, P. 645-660.
E/MJ 1978
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | AU CONTENT IS HIGHEST WHERE LARGE FRACTURED VEINS/LENSES OF QUARTZ. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1980 | Gassaway, Judith S. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1988 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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