Freetown Layered Basic Complex Placers.
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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Deposit type
- Placer
- Host rock
- Sand and Gravel
- Associated rock
- Mafic Intrusive Rock, Gabbro, Troctolite, Anorthosite
Stratiform Complex
Sources Believed To Be Anorthosites, But Nj Page Suspects Magnetite - Ilmenite Horizons.
Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- Production size
- Small
- Discovered
- 1926
- First production
- 1928
Records and references
WELLS, 1962, GEOL. SURV. DEPT. SIERRA LEONE SHORT PAPER, NO. 9, 115 P. POLLETT, J.D., 1951, COLON. GEOL. MIN. RESOURCES, V. 2, NO. 1, P. 3-28POLLETT, 1952, 1931; JUNNER, 1930; JUNNER AND HARWOOD, 1930; WELLS AND BAKER, 1956; BAKER, 1961; DIXEY, 1922BRIDEN, HENTHORN, REX, 1971, EAR. PLAT. SCI. LETTERS 12 P. 385-391.1920 DIREXPL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SIERRA LEONE.1930 GEOLMAP GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SIERRA LEONE.1969 ART FORD HAS ROCKS AND THIN SECTIONS. MERTIE (1969)
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10038316 — view the source record
Difficulty
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 8.33435, -13.16527
Recommended Gear
Estwing E3-22P Rock Pick
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Watertight Medical Kit
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals
The classic pocket reference for identifying over 600 rocks and minerals in North America.
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