Tongo-Tonguma Diamond Project (Tongo-Panguma Kimberlite Field), Kenema District, Eastern Province, Sierra Leonei
| Regional Level Types | |
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| Tongo-Tonguma Diamond Project (Tongo-Panguma Kimberlite Field) | Project |
| Kenema District | District |
| Eastern Province | Province |
| Sierra Leone | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
8° 13' 35'' North , 11° 4' 31'' West
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Diamond project 50 km S of Yengema.
The dykes are narrow (0.2 to 0.5 m thick) but very rich in grade. The diamonds are predominantly of gem quality.
Combined inferred resource of 4.5 million carats.
Tongo, also known as Tongoma, is a diamond mining town and the second-largest city in Kenema District, (after the city of Kenema) located in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Tongo is about twenty-seven miles to Kenema.
The town is the seat of the Tongo Diamond Field, one of the largest diamond-producing areas in Sierra Leone.
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| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongo,_Sierra_Leone |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q7821123 |
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African PlateTectonic Plate
- West African CratonCraton
- Kenema-Man CratonCraton
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Tongo-Tonguma Diamond Project, Kenema District, Eastern Province, Sierra Leone