TYPE OF MINERAL |
LOCATION |
DESCRIPTION |
STATUS |
| Salt |
Mendskrom |
salt is produce by the Pond process |
In operation 30,000 tones per year |
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Old Ningo |
Salt is obtained from Moya Lagoon |
In operation 1,000 tonnes per year |
| |
Sege |
Salt is produced by the Songor Lagoon |
In operation 200,000 tonnes per year |
| |
Prampram |
Salt is produced by the Laiwi Lagoon |
In operation |
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New Ningo |
Production from Dzange Lagoon |
In operation |
| |
Sege |
Production from Nyah Lagoon |
In operation |
| Clay |
Alajo |
Alluvial or residual in origin and derived from rock formations in the area 18,600 metric tones reserves of brown day Good for brick and tile. |
Being exploited |
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Ashaiman |
18,677,000 metric tones reserves of brown clay. Good for brick and tile. |
Not exploited |
| |
Prampram |
21,898,000 metric tones reserves of brown clay. Good for brick and tile. |
Partially exploited |
| |
Kpone |
10,960,000 metric tones reserves of brown clay. Good for brick. |
Not exploited |
| |
Oyibi |
6,735,000 metric tones reserves of brown clay. Good for brick. |
Not exploited |
| |
Kwabenya |
2,326,000 metric tones reserves of brown clay. Good for brick. |
Not exploited |
| |
Afianya |
29,709,000 metric tones reserves of brown clay. Good for brick. |
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Kwabenya |
15,000 metric tones reserves of brown clay. Good for brick and tile. |
Not exploited |
| |
Kesseh/Ada |
42,661,000 metric tones reserves of brown clay. Good for brick and tile. |
Partially exploited by the locals for pottery |
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Big Ada |
51,242,000 metric tones reserves of brown clay. Good for brick and tile. |
Partially exploited by the locals for pottery |
| Marble |
Accra-Labadi |
Metamorphoses limestone or dolomite. Thick series of beds of white, saccharoidal compact dolomitic marbles associated with quartzites, mica schist and gneisses and other crystal line rocks. Chemical composition is SiO2 (3.49%) AI2O3 (0.21%), Fe2O3 (0.36%), MgO (20.88%), CaO (29.74%), L. O. I. (45.48%).
Occasionally had with the presence of tremolite and mica. Found in two areas of 31,248 sq. metres and 30,996 sq. metres. Good for small scale production |
Not being exploited |
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Near Tema on Accra-Ada road |
Coarse-grained marble, associated with the Dhomeyan acide gness hypersten-rich metanoite and schists. |
Not exploited |
| Gypsum |
Pokuasi |
Formed as chemical precipitate from marine maters of high salinity. Soft mineral usually white or grey in colour. No known economic occurrences. |
Not exploited |
| Quartzite and Granite |
Weija, Malam, Oblogo and Doryumu |
Mainly Silicate compound |
Being exploited |
