Valazoro

Prospect in Fianarantsoa, Madagascar with commodity Nickel
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10159042
MAS/MILS ID 7880250004
Record type Site
Current site name Valazoro
Alternate or previous names No Alternate Names

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 47.33441, -21.82997 (WGS84)
Elevation 500
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fianarantsoa(province)

Madagascar(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Madagascar Fianarantsoa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 47.33441, -21.82997

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 7M
    Length 700M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 LATERITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Date of Last Modification 830602

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1910
Mining method Strip-Hillside
Milling method Pyrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Fianarantsoa

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Malagasy Government
    Interest 100
    Year 1981

Comments on the ownership information

  • MALAGASY GOVERNMENT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TOTAL CONTAINED NI IS 60,000 ST.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Primary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Capacity 666
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 5.5
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MURDOCK, T.G., THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE MALAGASY

  • Deposit

    REPUBLICK, US BU MINES, IC 8196, 1963, P.81.

  • Deposit

    BESAIRIE, H. "GITES MINERAUX DE MADAGASCAR." BUREAU DE

  • Deposit

    RECHERCHE GEOLOGIQUE ET MINIERE. MADAGASY. 1968.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Gaz-Golder U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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