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Mücke, A., Dzigbodi-Adjimah, K., Annor, A. (1999) Mineralogy, petrography, geochemistry and genesis of the Paleoproterozoic Birimian manganese-formation of Nsuta/Ghana. Mineralium Deposita, 34 (3) 297-311 doi:10.1007/s001260050205

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TitleMineralogy, petrography, geochemistry and genesis of the Paleoproterozoic Birimian manganese-formation of Nsuta/Ghana
JournalMineralium Deposita
AuthorsMücke, A.Author
Dzigbodi-Adjimah, K.Author
Annor, A.Author
Year1999 (March 9)Volume34
Issue3
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC
DOIdoi:10.1007/s001260050205Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceMücke, A., Dzigbodi-Adjimah, K., Annor, A. (1999) Mineralogy, petrography, geochemistry and genesis of the Paleoproterozoic Birimian manganese-formation of Nsuta/Ghana. Mineralium Deposita, 34 (3) 297-311 doi:10.1007/s001260050205
Plain TextMücke, A., Dzigbodi-Adjimah, K., Annor, A. (1999) Mineralogy, petrography, geochemistry and genesis of the Paleoproterozoic Birimian manganese-formation of Nsuta/Ghana. Mineralium Deposita, 34 (3) 297-311 doi:10.1007/s001260050205
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Nsuta Mine (Insuta Mine; Nsuta-Gaywin Manganese concession; Nsuta-Wassaw), Tarkwa, Western Region, Ghana

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Nsuta Mine (Insuta Mine; Nsuta-Gaywin Manganese concession; Nsuta-Wassaw), Tarkwa, Western Region, Ghanaⓘ Alabandite, ⓘ Albite, ⓘ Apatite, ⓘ Arsenopyrite, ⓘ Bornite, ⓘ Brucite, ⓘ Calcite, ⓘ Chalcocite, ⓘ Chalcopyrite, ⓘ Chlorite Group, ⓘ Cryptomelane, ⓘ Digenite, ⓘ Dolomite, ⓘ Galaxite, ⓘ Gersdorffite, ⓘ Goethite, ⓘ Ilmenite, ⓘ Jacobsite, ⓘ Kutnohorite, ⓘ Linnaeite, ⓘ Lithiophorite, ⓘ Manganese-bearing Calcite, ⓘ Manganite, ⓘ Manganosite, ⓘ Millerite, ⓘ Molybdenite, ⓘ Muscovite, ⓘ Nickeline, ⓘ Pentlandite, ⓘ Pyrite, ⓘ Pyrochroite, ⓘ Pyrolusite, ⓘ Pyrrhotite, ⓘ Quartz, ⓘ Ramsdellite, ⓘ Rhodochrosite, ⓘ Romanèchite, ⓘ Rutile, ⓘ Sphalerite, ⓘ Todorokite, ⓘ Tourmaline, ⓘ Wad

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