Perkoa

Prospect in Burkina Faso with commodities Silver, Zinc
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. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304780
MAS/MILS ID 7600000003
Record type Site
Current site name Perkoa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -2.74853, 12.33399 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burkina Faso(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Burkina Faso

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -2.74853, 12.33399

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1982
Milling method Flotation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Boliden International Mining Ab
    Interest 65
    Home office Sweden
    Year 1992
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bureau Des Mines Et De La Geologie Du Burkina (Bumigeb)
    Interest 35
    Home office Burkina Faso
    Year 1992

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Indicated 6000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 6000000mt ore
    Total resources 6000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 16 wt-pct Zinc Major 1992
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 5600000mt ore
    Total resources 5600000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 18 wt-pct Zinc Major 1994

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINING MAGAZINE, NOVEMBER 1992, P.304

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING MAGAZINE, JAN 94, V. 170 N. 1, P.32.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-AUG-1994 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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