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Nsutu

Producer in Western, Ghana with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256002
MAS/MILS ID 7490450004
Record type Site
Current site name Nsutu

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -2.16526, 5.25121 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Western(province)

Ghana(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Ghana Western

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodochrosite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -2.16526, 5.25121
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Date of Last Modification 910207

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Year of first production 1917

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ghana National Manganese Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Ghana
    Year 1981

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Measured 30000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 30000000mt ore
    Total resources 30000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 31 wt-pct Manganese Major 1980

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 10000HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Hardness of Ore HARDPAN
    Capacity 1500
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 5.71
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, AUGUST 1980.

  • Deposit

    SOREM, R.K. AND E.N, CAMERON. "MANGANESE OXIDES AND

  • Deposit

    ASSOCIATED MINERALS OF THE NSUTA MANGANESE DEPOSITS,

  • Deposit

    GHANA, WEST AFRICA." ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 55, PP. 278-

  • Deposit

    282. 1960.

  • Deposit

    DUKE, V.A.W (COMPILER) MANGANESE A MINERAL COMMODITY REVIEW.

  • Deposit

    SOUTH AFRICA DEPARTMENT OF MINES INTERNAL REPORT NO 53.

  • Deposit

    JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, DECEMBER 1979, P. 76.

  • Deposit

    MCMICHAEL, BRUCE. MANGANESE. EMD-THE POWER IN THE MARKET.

  • Deposit

    IND. MIN. NO. 260, MAY 1989, PP. 45-46.

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL MATERIALS ADVISORY BOARD, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

  • Deposit

    -NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. MANGANESE RESERVES AND

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES OF THE WORLD AND THIER INDUKSTRIAL IMPLICA-

  • Deposit

    -TIONS. NMAB-374, WASHINGTON DC, 1981, P. 180. NTIS,

  • Deposit

    PB 82-117615.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-APR-1995 Coffman, Joe U.S. Bureau of Mines

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