Mokta

Past Producer in Cote D'Ivoire with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097588
MRDS ID AD00253
Record type Site
Current site name Mokta
Alternate or previous names Grand - Lahou

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -4.99856, 5.13455 (WGS84)
Relative position 225KM WEST OF ABIDJAN (DISTANCE BY ROAD)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cote D'Ivoire(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Cote D'Ivoire

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF IVORY COAST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Braunite Ore
Hausmannite Ore
Lithiophorite Ore
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Spessartite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Gibbsite Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SI02 MNO2 MNO FE203 AL203 PRIMARY ORE (%) 3.50 78.73 5.66 2.16 2.60 LATERITIC ORE (%)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -4.99856, 5.13455

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, BLOCKS AND SPHERULITHS AT SURFACE
    Thickness 8M
    Length 15000M
    Width 1000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SIZES GIVEN ARE FOR THE ENTIRE DEPOSIT, WHICH CONSISTS OF MULTIPLE ORE LENSES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1990 Pracejus, Bernard.M. Adelaide University

Beyond USGS

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