Alluvial diamond mine 35 km east of Kérouané. Operated 1984-94. Restarted 1996 by Trivalence Mining Corp, reaching 35000 carats production in 2001. Diamondiferous kimberlites nearby have been prospected.

Regions containing this locality

African Plate	Tectonic Plate
West Africa	UN Subregion

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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical Elements

Mineral List

ⓘ Diamond

1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Diamond

Formula: C

Reference: Yager, T. R. (2004). Guinea, Liberia, AND Sierra Leone. USGS Minerals Yearbook, 3, 171.

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘ	Diamond	1.CB.10a	C

List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification

Group 1 - NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS
Semi-metals and non-metals
ⓘ	Diamond	1.3.6.1	C

List of minerals for each chemical element

C	Carbon
C	ⓘ Diamond	C

Regional Geology

This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.

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Archean 2500 - 4000 Ma ID: 3186476	Archean crystalline metamorphic rocks Age: Archean (2500 - 4000 Ma) Lithology: Orthogneiss/paragneiss Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154]
Mesoarchean - Paleoarchean 2800 - 3600 Ma ID: 3307733	Age: Archean (2800 - 3600 Ma) Lithology: Plutonic and metamorphic Reference: Thiéblemont, D. (ed.). New edition of the 1:10,000,000 geological map of Africa. CGMW-BRGM. [190]

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