Manganese mine, produced 800 000 metric tons extremely high-grade manganese ore in 2000.
Bedded manganese oxide deposits in the early Proterozoic Francevillian Basin of the Moanda region.
Owned by (in 2000) Compagnie Minière de l'Ogooué SA (Comilog).
References:
- Weber, F. (1973): Genesis and supergene evolution of the Precambrian sedimentary manganese deposit at Moanda (Gabon). Earth Sciences 9, 307-322.
- Weber, F., Leclerc, J. & Millot, G. (1979): Successive manganese-related epigeneses of Moanda deposit (Gabon). Sciences Geologiques, Bulletin 32, 147-164.
- Lheur, C. (2001). "Le gisement de manganèse de Moanda (Gabon)." Le Règne Minéral(41), 26-27.
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Map Reference: 1°30'S , 13°15'E
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