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Niafarang Mineral Sands Project, Ziguinchor Region, Senegali
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Niafarang Mineral Sands Project | Project |
| Ziguinchor Region | Region |
| Senegal | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
13° 2' 49'' North , 16° 43' 45'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Gunjur | 14,088 (2018) | 17.2km |
| Brikama | 77,700 (2011) | 26.4km |
| Tionk Essil | 8,151 (2006) | 36.7km |
| Sukuta | 15,131 (2011) | 40.4km |
| Abuko | 6,572 (2012) | 40.5km |
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Niafourang
UPDATE 2024
From the website of mining company Astron Ltd :
"The Niafarang project is designed to access a high grade coastal mineral sands deposit using simple dredge mining and concentrating methodologies. The ore is high grade, coarse grained sands producing high quality ilmenite and zircon. The Niafarang project is located within an exploration licence zone covering an area of 397km2 along a 75km stretch of the Casamance coast of Senegal, West Africa."
AND
"An area approximately 6km along the coast has been subject to exploration and it will be this area that constitutes the first stage of the proposed project. Based on a 2007 Mineral Resource estimate, the planned Stage 1 mining operations will access 4.8mt of ore bearing sand, with an average heavy mineral (HM) grade of 12.5%, with the following assemblage characteristics: ilmenite 75%; zircon 13.7%, rutile 2.3%."
https://astronlimited.com.au/astron-mineral-sands-projects/niafarang-mineral-sands-project/
Google Maps spells the name of the town "Niafourang", and satellite images show that large-scale mining has been going on for some time now, with extensive swaths of land being stripped of vegetation.
The southern section can be found around these coordinates: 12.340871760664886,-16.574560446568007
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Ilmenite Formula: Fe2+TiO3 References: |
| ⓘ Rutile Formula: TiO2 References: |
| ⓘ Zircon Formula: Zr(SiO4) References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Ilmenite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2+TiO3 |
| ⓘ | Rutile | 4.DB.05 | TiO2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Zircon | 9.AD.30 | Zr(SiO4) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| O | ⓘ Rutile | TiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| Ti | Titanium | |
| Ti | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Ti | ⓘ Rutile | TiO2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Zr | Zirconium | |
| Zr | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
AfricaContinent
African PlateTectonic Plate
- MauritanidesOrogenic Belt
- Senegal-Bove basinBasin
West AfricaUN Subregion
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