Echien, Western Region, Ghana

Alternative Names:	Echien
Type:	Mountain - an elevation standing high above the surrounding area with small summit area, steep slopes and local relief of 300m or more
Mindat.org Region:	Western North Region, Ghana
Region:	Western Region, Ghana
Latitude:	6° 19' 12" N
Longitude:	2° 8' 50" W
Lat/Long (dec):	6.32015,-2.14743
Köppen climate type:	Aw : Tropical savanna, wet
Mindat Feature ID:	11722158
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:11722158:9
GUID:	0

Search for other features

Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Awaso Deposits, Affoh-sefwi, Bekwai District, Western Region, Ghana	6° 13' 59" N	2° 16' 0" W	16.3km (10.2 miles)
Adubiaso Pit, Ashanti Region, Ghana	6° 22' 11" N	1° 59' 48" W	17.5km (10.9 miles)
Asanko Gold Mine, Ashanti Region, Ghana	6° 20' 26" N	1° 59' 8" W	18.0km (11.2 miles)
Romaso, Ashanti Region, Ghana	6° 17' 28" N	1° 59' 3" W	18.3km (11.4 miles)
Tailings pile, Asanko Gold Mine, Ashanti Region, Ghana	6° 21' 26" N	1° 58' 58" W	18.6km (11.6 miles)
Akwasiso deposit, Ashanti Region, Ghana	6° 22' 7" N	1° 58' 0" W	20.7km (12.8 miles)
Nkran Hill, Asanko Gold Mine, Ashanti Region, Ghana	6° 22' 14" N	1° 57' 47" W	21.1km (13.1 miles)
Dynamite Hill, Ashanti Region, Ghana	6° 24' 1" N	1° 56' 36" W	24.3km (15.1 miles)
Bibiani, Western North Region, Ghana	6° 27' 39" N	2° 19' 3" W	24.5km (15.2 miles)
Bibiani Gold Mine, Bibiani, Western North Region, Ghana	6° 28' 32" N	2° 18' 18" W	24.5km (15.3 miles)
Chirano North, Chirano Gold Mine, Bibiani, Western North Region, Ghana	6° 21' 23" N	2° 22' 7" W	24.8km (15.4 miles)
Mamnao Central Pit, Chirano Gold Mine, Bibiani, Western North Region, Ghana	6° 20' 9" N	2° 22' 37" W	25.5km (15.8 miles)
Mamnao North Pit, Chirano Gold Mine, Bibiani, Western North Region, Ghana	6° 20' 26" N	2° 22' 38" W	25.5km (15.9 miles)
Chirano Gold Mine, Bibiani, Western North Region, Ghana	6° 18' 44" N	2° 22' 50" W	25.8km (16.0 miles)
Mamnao South Pit, Chirano Gold Mine, Bibiani, Western North Region, Ghana	6° 19' 58" N	2° 22' 49" W	25.8km (16.0 miles)
Asuadai deposit, Ashanti Region, Ghana	6° 24' 52" N	1° 55' 58" W	25.9km (16.1 miles)
Sariehu Pit, Chirano Gold Mine, Bibiani, Western North Region, Ghana	6° 19' 34" N	2° 23' 2" W	26.2km (16.3 miles)
Esaase Gold Project, Ashanti Region, Ghana	6° 26' 11" N	1° 56' 25" W	26.3km (16.3 miles)
Obra Pit, Chirano Gold Mine, Bibiani, Western North Region, Ghana	6° 19' 10" N	2° 23' 19" W	26.7km (16.6 miles)
Akoi Extended Pit, Chirano Gold Mine, Bibiani, Western North Region, Ghana	6° 18' 6" N	2° 23' 29" W	27.1km (16.8 miles)
Akoti North Pit, Chirano Gold Mine, Bibiani, Western North Region, Ghana	6° 17' 58" N	2° 23' 30" W	27.1km (16.8 miles)
Tano Pit, Chirano Gold Mine, Bibiani, Western North Region, Ghana	6° 18' 42" N	2° 23' 34" W	27.1km (16.9 miles)
Paboase Pit, Chirano Gold Mine, Bibiani, Western North Region, Ghana	6° 18' 25" N	2° 23' 34" W	27.2km (16.9 miles)
Akoti South Pit, Chirano Gold Mine, Bibiani, Western North Region, Ghana	6° 17' 39" N	2° 23' 36" W	27.4km (17.0 miles)
Suraw Pit, Chirano Gold Mine, Bibiani, Western North Region, Ghana	6° 17' 14" N	2° 23' 36" W	27.4km (17.1 miles)
Akwaaba Pit, Chirano Gold Mine, Bibiani, Western North Region, Ghana	6° 15' 40" N	2° 23' 51" W	28.4km (17.7 miles)
Dunkwa-Jimifield diamond field, Ashanti Region, Ghana	6° 10' 0" N	1° 52' 0" W	35.4km (22.0 miles)
Esaase prospect, Ashanti Region, Ghana	6° 32' 59" N	1° 52' 59" W	38.8km (24.1 miles)
Fabinso Pit, Ayanfuri, Upper Denkyira West District, Central Region, Ghana	5° 58' 0" N	1° 56' 1" W	45.9km (28.5 miles)
Bokitsi Pit, Ayanfuri, Upper Denkyira West District, Central Region, Ghana	5° 57' 40" N	1° 56' 20" W	46.1km (28.6 miles)

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

Africa	Continent
African Plate	Tectonic Plate
West African Craton, African Plate	Craton
Leo Rise, West African Craton, African Plate	Shield
Ghana	Country
Western North Region, Ghana	Region
West Africa	UN Subregion

Contains data courtesy of geonames.org - Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

Regions in GADM Database

Region	GADM number
Ghana, Western, Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai	87.10.128.0.0.0

Quick NavTop Mindat Regions GADM

Mindat.org® is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Mindat® and mindat.org® are registered trademarks of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2026, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are © OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph and Ida Chau.
To cite: Ralph, J., Von Bargen, D., Martynov, P., Zhang, J., Que, X., Prabhu, A., Morrison, S. M., Li, W., Chen, W., & Ma, X. (2025). Mindat.org: The open access mineralogy database to accelerate data-intensive geoscience research. American Mineralogist, 110(6), 833–844. doi:10.2138/am-2024-9486.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: June 6, 2026 17:14:23

Go to top of page