Ampangadiatany

Past Producer in Toamasina, Madagascar with commodity Graphite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10208091
MAS/MILS ID 7880100012
Record type Site
Current site name Ampangadiatany

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 49.21775, -19.41351 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Toamasina(province)

Madagascar(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Madagascar Toamasina

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 49.21775, -19.41351

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Succession Establissements Micouin Et Pouchard.
    Interest 100
    Home office Malagasy Rep.
    Year 1973

Comments on other economic factors

  • TRUCKING TO TAMATAVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ,US BU MINES, IC 8196, 1963, PP.121.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED 3.2 KM N OF ANTSIRAKAMBO, 36 KM SW OF TAMATAVE. OUTCROPS HAVE WIDTH OF 15 M, GRADE CAN REACH 10 % GRAPHITE. PRODUCTION STOPPED JUNE 1,1960 BECAUSE OF HIGH COST AND LIMITED RESERVES. 1960 PRODUCTION WAS 188 TONS (61 % FINES).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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