Alto Ligonha District

Occurrence in Mozambique with commodity Lithium
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. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000709
MRDS ID ISM0476
Record type District
Current site name Alto Ligonha District
Alternate or previous names Naipa, Boa Esperanca, Nahora, Morrua, Maridge, Namatacanue

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 38.00123, -15.9971 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mozambique(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Mozambique

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 38.00123, -15.9971

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name ALTO LIGONHA DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOPES NUNES, J.E., 1973: CONTRIBUTION A L`ETUDE MINERALOGIQUE ET GEOCHEMIQUE DES PEGMATITES DU MOZAMBIQUE.--SCIENCES DE LA TERRE,MEMOIRENO.26,SEPTEMBRE 1973 NANCY,261P.

  • Deposit

    CORREIA NEVES, J.M., LOPES NUNES, J.E. AND LUCAS, D.B.,1971:MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF PEGMATITES FROM MOZAMBIQUE.--REV.CIENC.GEOL.LOURENCO MARQUES,VOL.4,SR.A,P.1-11

  • Deposit

    CORREIA NEVES, J.M., LOPES NUNES, J.E. AND LUCAS, D.B.,1971:MINERALOGY AND STRUCTURE OFSOME PEGMATITES FROM MOZAMBIQUE.--REV.CIENC.GEOL.LOURENCO MARQUES,VOL.4,SR.A,P.35-42

  • Deposit

    CORREIA NEVES, J.M AND LOPES NUNES, J.E.,1968: PEGMATITIC PHOSPHATES OF ALTO-LIGONHA REGION, MOZAMBIQUE.--REV.CIENC.GEOL.LOURENCO MARQUES,VOL.1,SR.A,P.1-48

  • Deposit

    HUTCHISON,R.W AND CLAUSS,R.J.,1956: PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN THE ALTO LIGONHA REGION OF POTUGUESE EAST AFRICA.--ECON.GEOLOGY,VOL.51, P.757-779.

  • Deposit

    FIGUEIREDO DE BARROS,R.,1971: MINERIOS RADIOACTIVOS E AFINS SUA EXISTENCIA EM ANGOLA E MOZAMBIQUE.--JUNTA DE ENERGIA NUCLEAR,PORTUGAL,LABORAT.FISICA ENG.NUCL.76P.

Beyond USGS

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