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Pointe Noire

stratabound potash-bearing salt in Congo

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Geologic information

CountryCongo
Location:11.7215, -4.1547
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Site typelease/concession/permit area
Deposit typestratabound potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinLower Congo
Basin typemarine rift basin
Geologic unitLoeme Fm
Age
Mesozoic
Cretaceous
Lower Cretaceous
Aptian
Minimum:Mesozoic-Cretaceous-Lower Cretaceous-Aptian
Maximum:Mesozoic-Cretaceous-Lower Cretaceous-Aptian
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Lithology
Geologic map unit11.7215, -4.1547
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Economic information

Depth>448m
Production
StatusUnder Development (2010)
CompanyMagMinerals Inc. (2008)
Estimates of reserves or resources
K2O tonnage1) 17.1 meas + 4.3 ind +127 inf; 2) 20.4 prov+prob, 27 infMillion tonnes
Data source1) Rauche and van der Klauw (2008); 2) Mining Review Africa (2009)

Reference information

Comments

On Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (2006) website, it appears Kouilou is name for Mg plant, and Pointe Noire is name of deposit.

References

Ala, M.A., and Selley, R.C., 1997, The west African coastal basins, in Selley, R.C., ed., African basins: New York, Elsevier, p. 173-186.
Hedberg, H.D., Moody, J.D., and Sass, L.C., 1959, Petroleum developments in Africa in 1958: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 43, no. 7, p. 1625-1675.
Industrial Minerals, 1998, New potash source in development: Industrial Minerals, no. 369, p. 13.
Industrial Minerals, 2008b, Congo potash source returns: Industrial Minerals, no. 487, p. 23.
Industrial Minerals, 2008c, Kouilou potash: Industrial Minerals, no. 489, p. 99.
Kuzvart, M., 1994, Mineral deposits of Africa, in Vanecek, M., ed., Mineral deposits of the world; Ores, industrial minerals, and rocks: New York, Elsevier, Developments in Economic Geology 28, p. 294-329.
Mining Review Africa, 2009, Potash in the Republic of Congo: Mining Review Africa, no. 4, p. 32-36.
Nguelongo, R.-J., 1990, Congo, in Central Africa: Mining Annual Review 1990, p. 127.
Rauche, H., and van der Klauw, S.N.G.C., 2008, Updated reserve and resource estimate for MagMinerals Mengo permit area, Kouilou region, Republic of Congo; Technical Report for MagMinerals: ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurgesellschaft Geotechnik und Bergbau mbH, 140 p. and appendices.
Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (SACPGS), 2006, Mining data bank: Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States Web page accessed April 3, 2006, at http://mines.acp.int/html/mine_COG-00024_en.html.