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Diamond from
Tarkwa Mine, Tarkwa, Ashanti gold belt, Ghana


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Diamond
Formula:C
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diamond data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tarkwa Mine, Tarkwa, Ashanti gold belt, Ghana
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:610794
Long-form Identifier:1:3:610794:9
GUID (UUID V4):1f7f55cd-cae6-4d48-b100-e36b19c284a4
Nearest other occurrences of Diamond
12.3km (7.6 miles) ⓘBonsa diamond field, Western Region, Ghana
38.7km (24.0 miles) ⓘBirum River, Bogoso, Western Region, Ghana
99.8km (62.0 miles) ⓘDunkwa-Jimifield diamond field, Ashanti Region, Ghana
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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Tarkwaian palaeoplacer and lode-gold formation in the Tarkwa-Damang district, SW Ghana Received: 17 June 2002...epigenetic gold-forming events are recorded in the world-class gold province of southwest Ghana. A pre-Tarkwaian...pre-Tarkwaian event was the source of the world-class Tarkwa palaeoplacers whereas post-Birimian and Tarkwaian...world-class (e.g. Prestea) to giant (e.g. Obuasi) orogenic gold deposits which have made the region famous for more...clastic rocks from Damang and Bippo Bin, northeast of Tarkwa. The overall data distribution broadly overlaps
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auriferous fluids in African Archean and Proterozoic gold deposits? Constraints from stable carbon isotopic...fluid inclusions in quartz from selected gold deposits in Ghana and Zimbabwe have been analyzed using a...inclusions from Archean and Paleoproterozoic orogenic gold deposits and points to diverse sources of CO2 in...generalized for other Archean and Proterozoic orogenic gold deposits worldwide remains open. However, a significant...deposit studied. Devolatilization of greenstone belt rocks is the most likely source for CO2 in some
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Fluid Source for Orogenic Gold Mineralization at the Damang Deposit, Ghana Alistair J.R. White,1,2,†...Abstract Gold mineralization at the Damang deposit is unique among currently known orogenic gold deposits...deposits in Ghana, comprising gold hosted within metasediments of the Tarkwaian System and contained in a subhorizontal...metamorphic, igneous, and metasomatic events. Orogenic gold mineralization occurred late in the geologic paragenesis...fluids and the host rock resulted in precipitation of gold in association with sulfide-carbonate-potassic alteration
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Eburnean geodynamic evolution of the gold-rich southern Ashanti Belt, Ghana, with new ïŹeld and geophysical...2012 Keywords: Birimian Eburnean Paleoproterozoic Ghana Mineralisation a b s t r a c t Integration of regional...paleoproterozoic structural evolution of southwestern Ghana. The study area is dominated by three metavolcanic...Sefwi Group, the Kumasi Group (Birimian) and the Tarkwa Group (Tarkwaian) that were intruded by abundant...manifested as regional scale folding in the southern Ashanti Belt. D1 synorogenic granitoids were intruded between
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relationship between BMmian and Tarkwaian gold deposits in Ghana J.P. Mil~si 1, p. Ledru 1, p. Ankrah z...GeologicalSurvey Department, PO Box M. 80, Accra, Ghana Received: November 14, 1989/Accepted: December 12...traditional concept of the Early Proterozoic gold deposits in Ghana i.e. gold-bearing shear zones overlain by Tarkwaian...Tarkwaian paleoplacers containing reworked gold derived from the shear-zones - needs to be reconsidered...reconsidered in the light of recent research in Ghana, the Ivory Coast and French Guiana. This research has revealed
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Ver' "\ ~~ ‱ THE MINERAL AND ROCK RESOURCES OF GHANA f btYON RALPH Dedicated to my parellfs for not...ISBN 90 6191 597 X paper edition only for sale in Ghana © 1985 A.A.Balkema, P.O.Box I 675, 3000 BR Rotterdam...REPUBLIC OF GHANA- GEOGRAPHY,PHYSIOGRAPHY,GEOLOGY AND GEOHYDROLOGY 6 3. THE MINERALRESOURCESOF GHANA - BACKGROUND...EXPLOITATION IN GHANA 572 12. TABLES OF SUMMARY OF MINERAL AND ROCK RESOURCESOF GHANA 577 13. LEGISLATION...590 APPENDIX 597 INDEX 602 V Preface The Ghana Geological SuJ;"vey DepaJ;"tment in 1.962, published
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inclusions in quartz-pebbles of the gold-bearing Tarkwaian conglomerates of Ghana as guides to their provenance...Proterozoic Aubearing Tarkwaian conglomerates in Ghana reveal several original (inherited) pre-sedimentary...inclusions in quartz-vein type gold deposits of the Birimian Supergroup in Ghana and Burkina Faso. This type...inclusions has not been reported from any other lode-gold deposit of greenstone affiliation and is thus a...a specific characteristic for Birimian-hosted gold deposits. Therefore, it can be used as an unequivocal
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and provenance of Birimian and gold-bearing Tarkwaian sediments in Ghana, West Africa D . W . D a v i s...Strasbourg, France dTGL, State Gold Mining Corporation, Accra, Ghana Received November 16, 1992; revised...Eburnean rocks of Ghana. Gold-bearing and barren Tarkwaian conglomerates in the Tarkwa basin, and a volcanogenic...synvolcanic granitoid plutons in the Sefwi and Ashanti belts, which flank the Kumasi basin. This suggests...are typical of the region. Significant epigenetic gold mineralization probably began in the short time
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formed 26 between ca. 2.5 - 2.3 Ga, nearly all gold, porphyry copper, lead-zinc and sedimentary 27...distinguished by major Precambrian 30 IOCG’s, copper-gold that formed at ca. 2.1 Ga and approx. 680 Ma, and... Mineral Deposit Database highlight that gold and non-gold commodities formed in multiple 37 phases...of iron 38 ore, nickel sulphides, diamonds and gold in the earth’s crust. The pre-Eburnean or Tangaean-...EoEburnean-Eburnean I Event yielded gold, and the major Eburnean Orogeny yielded gold, 40 iron ore, manganese
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The West African Craton hosts major resources of gold, iron ore, aluminium ore, diamonds, phosphates and...ore and gold in the KĂ©nĂ©ma–Man and Reguibat Shields during the Neo-Archean. The majority of gold, porphyry...the same time diamond-bearing kimberlites developed in Ghana. Another distinct diamond event has been...Isolated occurrences of IOCG's as well as copper–gold and gold formed in Pan-African/Variscan belts. During...become a focus for exploration and development of gold, iron ore, diamonds, aluminium ore, phosphate, and
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and hydrothermal alteration at the Damang gold deposit, Ghana A. J. R. WHITE,1,2 D. J. WATERS1 AND L. J...white@csiro.au) ABSTRACT Orogenic gold mineralization at the Damang deposit, Ghana, is associated with hydrothermal...hydrothermal alteration haloes around gold-bearing quartz veins, produced by the infiltration of a H2O–CO2–K2O–H2S...conditions of regional metamorphism and the subsequent gold mineralization event. Metapelites with well-developed...hydrothermal alteration assemblages associated with gold mineralization in a wide compositional range of
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com/locate/oregeorev The Pampe gold deposit (Ghana): Constraints on sulïŹde evolution during gold mineralization Stefano...November 2015 Keywords: Ghana Orogenic gold Birimian Ashanti West Africa Gold nanoparticles a b s t r...r a c t The Ashanti belt, a world-renowned gold producing region in southwest Ghana, has received renewed...deposits situated along the Ashanti shear zone and in the adjacent Tarkwa Basin to the east, neglecting...processes that control gold deposition at the regional scale. At Pampe, gold endowment has been estimated
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nineteenth century witnessed some of the greatest gold-mining migrations in history when dreams of bonanza... ing the Gold Coast of West Africa. El Dorado in West Africa explores the first modern gold rush of Ghana...Ghana in all its dimensions — land, labor, capital, traditional African mining, technology, transport...Professor Dumett tells the story of the expatriate-led gold boom of 1875-1900 against the background of | continued...West Africa The Gold-Mining Frontier, African Labor, and Colonial Capitalism in the Gold Coast, 1875-1900
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Industry in Ghana: A Blessing or a Curse Kwesi Amponsah-Tawiah, PhD University of Ghana Business School...Resource Management P.O. Box LG 78, Legon, Accra – Ghana, West Africa Email: kamponsah-tawiah@ug.edu.gh Telephone:...00233546238672 Kwasi Dartey-Baah, PhD University of Ghana Business School Department of Organisation & Human...Resource Management P.O. Box LG 78 Legon, Accra – Ghana, West Africa Email: kdartey-baah@ug.edu.gh Telephone:...seemingly opportunity for developing countries like Ghana which have mineral deposits comes with its accompanying
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geology, metallogenesis and prospectivity of several gold deposits from the Archaean and Palaeoproterozoic...craton and contextualize gold, iron-oxide coppergold, iron ore, aluminium, diamond, nickel-cobalt-PGE, VMS...Markwitz et al., 2015). Unfortunately many of the non-gold mineral occurrences/deposits, their exploration...Milési et al., 1989; Béziat et al., 2008 on regional gold metallogenesis; Nyame et al., 2002; Beauvais et...that the majority of contributions present data for gold deposits (Neoarchean to Paleoproterozoic). However
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content of fluid inclusions in gold mineralisations in the Ashanti Belt, Ghana: a new category of ore forming...samples from the Ashanti, Konongo-Southern Cross, Prestea, Abosso/ Damang and Ayanfuri gold deposits in the...the Ashanti Belt, Ghana. Primary fluid inclusions in quartz from mineralised veins of the Ashanti, Prestea...mineralisation. Here inclusions associated with the gold mineralisation contain a low salinity (<6 eq.wt...the gaseous inclusions of 0.65 to 1.06 g/cm3 at Ashanti, 0.85 to 0.98 g/cm3 at Prestea, up to 1.02 g/cm3
Report (chapter)
on June 5, 2015 Sustainable small-scale gold mining in Ghana: setting and strategies for sustainability...Technology, PO Box 237, Tarkwa, Ghana (e-mail: arrojaeshun@yahoo.co.uk) Abstract: In Ghana, small-scale/artisanal...small-scale/artisanal gold mining has been on-going for more than a century. Artisanal mining has been the support for...indigenous operators from dealing in gold ore, amalgam, bullion, retorted gold, slags, concentrates and mercury...Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) and the World Bank, the Ghana government has undertaken a number of initiatives
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lithostratigraphy of the Siguiri district: Implications for gold mineralisation in the Siguiri Basin (Guinea, West...Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia b AngloGold Ashanti Ltd – BrownïŹelds Exploration Technical Hub – Continental...Geochronology Lithostratigraphy Early architecture Gold a b s t r a c t Geochronology and lithostratigraphic...the location of the world class Siguiri orogenic gold district. Three metasedimentary formations occur...that the Kintinian Formation is part of the Lower Tarkwa Group, best described as “late orogenic basin”
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
study from the Tarkwa Mining Area, Ghana* 1 J. Seidu and 1A. Ewusi 1 University of Mine and Technology...Technology, P. O. Box 237, Tarkwa Seidu, J. and Ewusi, A., (2020), “Assessment of Groundwater Quality and Health...of Heavy Metals: A study from the Tarkwa Mining Area, Ghana”, Ghana Mining Journal, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp...hydrogeochemical characteristics of water in the Tarkwa mining area using the Piper and Chadha plots and...concluded that currently the groundwater in the Tarkwa area is safe for domestic purposes. Keywords:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
regional timing of the world-class Siguiri orogenic gold district (Guinea, West Africa) Erwann Lebrun 1 Noreen...world-class orogenic gold district hosted in the weakly metamorphosed Upper Birimian to Lower Tarkwa Group sedimentary...Perth, WA 6845, Australia vein set contains high gold contents of up to 43.3 ppm, in substitution in pyrite...pyrite crystal lattice, representing a minor first gold mineralisation event. The third and most prominently...late D3S and represents the second and principal gold mineralisation event. This mineralisation event
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5 60p * STAR DIAMOND * If there is a Rock to cut, slab or trim Star Diamond has designed the blade...the finest Diamond blade capable of being manufactured. See your dealer for your Star Diamond blade needs...BRAZILIAN MINERALS WHOLESALE ONLY. MODERN SETTINGS IN GOLD AND SILVER AT TRADE PRICES the handmade jewellery...Carson Ritchie 28 32 Gems & Minerals Traditional Gold Industries in West Africa by David Baldry, D.Sc...O'Donoghue. 5 TRADITIONAL GOLD INDUSTRIES IN WEST AFRICA Part I. Gold deposits and their historical
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verbunden. Geb~inderte Eisenerzformationen, Mangan und Gold (Gang-Typ) befinden sich in den Lagerst~tten mafisch...und Orogen-Giirtel. Sediment~i~e Lagerst~tten yon Gold und Diamanten sind eng mit Molasse-Fazies der Sedimente...formations, manganese and vein-type gold deposits. Sedimentary deposits of gold and diamonds are closely associated...principal source of diamonds, mangenese, iron ores and gold. The primary purpose of this paper is to examine...RAND, 1978). The Kasila Group which extends along a belt from Liberia through Sierra Leone into Guinea consists
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African economy during the interwar period Ghana, independence and gold: a case study Conclusion Poverty and...an agent of poverty in West Africa’s smallscale gold-mining industry Sandra Pardie and Gavin M. Hilson...Fostering cooperation between small- and largescale gold miners in West Africa Richard K. Amankwah and C...assessment of relations between ASM and large-scale mine parties in West Africa Possible ways forward Artisanal...107 109 mel 112 113 10. Artisanal and small-scale gold mines in Burkina Faso: today and tomorrow iS Eric
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Ingles The geology of the Taparko gold deposit, Birimian greenstone belt, Burkina Faso, West Africa Received:.../ Accepted: 23 March 1998 Abstract The Taparko gold deposit, located in the eastern branch of the Proterozoic...Proterozoic Birimian BouroumYalogo greenstone belt (Burkina Faso) consists of a network of quartz veins...in two stages, with native gold being related to second stage sulÂźdes. Gold (and chalcopyrite) precipitated...brittle-ductile. During the last phase of deformation gold nucleated and deposited in low-pressure zones. Key
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tandfonline.com/loi/tigr20 Associations of Precambrian diamond-bearing conglomerates M.P. Metelkina a a Central...page/terms-and-conditions Associations of Precambrian diamond-bearing conglomerates Downloaded by [Cambridge...Metelkina In a whole series of regions of the globe, diamond deposits have been successfully worked. A comparative...of the available information on the Precambrian diamond-bearing provinces of the world has enabled us to...specific features of antiquity ( 4 ) . All the known diamond-bearing provinces of Precambrian age are confined
 
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