Jump to content

Falémé mine

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Falémé iron ore deposits
Location
RegionKédougou Region
CountrySenegal
History
Active1962 - 1982
Faleme (1980)

The Falémé iron ore deposits (French: Gisements de minerai de fer de Falémé) are located in south-east Senegal in the Kédougou Region. Several deposits of primary Magnetite and high-grade oxide ores have been explored. The proved, minable reserves amount to 260 million tons of coarse-grained magnetite with an average Fe-content of 45% and 340 million tons of oxide ore with an average Fe-content of 59%.[1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ ERZMETALL 34(1981)