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Boromo Greenstone Bonga

Prospect in Burkina Faso with commodities Cobalt, Gold, Nickel
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  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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231637
MAS/MILS ID 7600000002
Record type Site
Current site name Boromo Greenstone Bonga

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -2.74024, 11.95072 (WGS84)
Elevation 450
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burkina Faso(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Burkina Faso

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ARE OF TOWN OF BONGA, ABOUT 52 KM SW OF KOUDOUGOU. BANGO IS ABOUT 6 KM SW OF THE OUGADOUGOU- ABIDJAN RR. SIX SQ. KM. AREAL EXTENT TO DEPOSIT. NO INFORMATION PROVIDED ON CONCENTRATOR, FEED, PRODUCT, OR YIELD FOR THE NICKEL DEPOSIT; THE AREA IS UNEXPLOITED AND NO ORE PROCESSING YET EXISTS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -2.74024, 11.95072
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 20M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 LATERITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 830602

Comments on the geologic information

  • POTENTIAL ORE METALS ARE PRESENT; MINERAL NAMES ARE NOT GIVEN, BUT CONTAIN NICKEL, COBALT, COPPER, MANGANESE, AND POSSIBLY GOLD.
  • FROM GEOCHEMICAL MAPPING, AN ANOMALOUS AREA OF 6 SQUARE KILOMETERS IS INDICATED; OF THIS AREA, 4 SQUARE KILOMETER ARE UNDERLAIN BY STRONGLY SERPENTINIZED ULTRAMAFICS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1975

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Upper Volta
    Interest 100
    Home office Upper Volta
    Year 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INDICATED RESERVES FOR LATERITIC ORE ARE 30 TO 70,000,000 MT TONS AT 1.5-3.0% NICKEL AND 0.1-0.5% COBALT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JUNE 1977, P. 509.

  • Deposit

    DMA MAP SERIES 1501, SHEET NC 30-3, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, JUNE 1979, P.503.

  • Deposit

    SOCIETE VOLTAIQUE DE MATERIAL AMERICAIN (NOTES), 1981.

  • Deposit

    PROGRAMME DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT (PNUD) UPV

  • Deposit

    74/004 TECHNICAL REPORT T2, "EVALUATION PRELIMINAIRE DU

  • Deposit

    GITE NICKELIFERE DE BONGA," JANUARY, 1978.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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