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Bikoula Iron Ore Project, Ntem Complex, Océan, South Region, Camerooni
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Bikoula Iron Ore Project | Project |
| Ntem Complex | Complex |
| Océan | Department |
| South Region | Region |
| Cameroon | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
2° 41' 15'' North , 12° 11' 42'' East
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sangmélima | 54,251 (2012) | 36.0km |
Bikoula BIF, an Algoma-type iron formation hosted in the Mesoarchean Ntem complex, which constitutes the northwestern edge of the Congo craton.
The 194 km2 Bikoula Project comprises the contiguous Bikoula and Ndjele exploration licences which are 99 km2 and 95 km2 in size respectively. Mineralisation at Bikoula comprises a blanket of colluvial haematite, which is typically mapped as 200-300m wide and reaches up to 500m wide in places. The colluvial blanket is located at surface and is typically up to 10m deep and reaches up to 23.7m based on drill undertaken by Altus. In places, it rests directly above a horizon of supergene enriched haematite, which in turn sits above a significant BIF.
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1 valid mineral.
Rock Types Recorded
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
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References
[1]Teutsong, Tessontsap; Bontognali, Tomaso R.R.; Ndjigui, Paul-Désiré; Vrijmoed, Johannes C.; Teagle, Damon; Cooper, Matthew; Vance, Derek (2017) Petrography and geochemistry of the Mesoarchean Bikoula banded iron formation in the Ntem complex (Congo craton), Southern Cameroon: Implications for its origin. Ore Geology Reviews, 80. 267-288 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.07.003
