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Mikouloungou Mine, Léboumbi-Leyou Department, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gaboni
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Mikouloungou Mine | Mine (Abandoned) |
| Léboumbi-Leyou Department | Department |
| Haut-Ogooué Province | Province |
| Gabon | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
1° South , 13° East (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~46km
Type:
Mine (Abandoned) - last checked 2024
Deposit first discovered:
1965 (approx.)
Köppen climate type:
A closed open pit uranium mine.
Operated from 1997 and ceased March 1999.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
4 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Curienite Formula: Pb(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O |
| ⓘ Francevillite Formula: Ba(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O |
| ⓘ Torbernite Formula: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| ⓘ Uraninite Formula: UO2 |
| ⓘ Uraninite var. Pitchblende Formula: UO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Uraninite var. Pitchblende | 4.DL.05 | UO2 |
| ⓘ | 4.DL.05 | UO2 | |
| ⓘ | Curienite | 4.HB.15 | Pb(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O |
| ⓘ | Francevillite | 4.HB.15 | Ba(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Torbernite | 8.EB.05 | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Curienite | Pb(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O |
| H | ⓘ Francevillite | Ba(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O |
| H | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Curienite | Pb(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O |
| O | ⓘ Francevillite | Ba(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O |
| O | ⓘ Uraninite var. Pitchblende | UO2 |
| O | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| O | ⓘ Uraninite | UO2 |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| V | Vanadium | |
| V | ⓘ Curienite | Pb(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O |
| V | ⓘ Francevillite | Ba(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Francevillite | Ba(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Curienite | Pb(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O |
| U | Uranium | |
| U | ⓘ Curienite | Pb(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O |
| U | ⓘ Francevillite | Ba(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O |
| U | ⓘ Uraninite var. Pitchblende | UO2 |
| U | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| U | ⓘ Uraninite | UO2 |
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