Tchotougou iron ore mine, Tchotougou, Bassar Prefecture, Kara Region, Togo (original) (raw)

Tchotougou iron ore mine, Tchotougou, Bassar Prefecture, Kara Region, Togoi

Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):

9° 18' 59'' North , 0° 48' 34'' East

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Type:

Mine (Abandoned) - last checked 2020

Mindat Locality ID:

252709

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:252709:6

1a788f81-d4e5-491b-bf6c-e26ab378cc6c

Name(s) in local language(s):

Tchotougou, Préfecture de Bassar, Région de Kara, Togo

An abandoned iron ore mine where an Indian company mined hematitic iron ore on a small scale basis in the 1990s.

After drilling and blasting the ore was crushed manually by local villagers.

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• **Volta basin**Basin
• **West African Craton**Craton

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