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Item	42697
UDC Class:	631.4(673)
Title:	Summary Reports: Geological Reconnaissance of the Concession Areas of the Lobito Mining Company
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Language:	English
Subjects:	Geological Reconnaissance Survey, Rock Formations, Geological Sediments, Structural Geology, Mineralization, Economic Potential, Topography.
Publication Date:	1953
Publisher’s Name:	4 individual authors
Place of Publication:	Nova Lisboa (now Huambo)
Project Sponsor:	Companhia Mineira do Lobito (Lobito Mining Company)
Author:	Allen, J.M., Parkinson, R.N., Hutchinson, R.D., and Young, W.L.
Material Extent:	Five Summary Reports with a total of 27 pages of text and 20 map sheets
Material Characteristics:	Photocopy of typewritten reports with hand-drawn sketch geological maps at 1:40,000 and 1:250,000 scales
Material Accompanying:	Reconnaissance Geology Survey of the Lobito Mining Company Concession Area in Angola, 1953
Material Type:	Staples bound reports
Summary Abstract:	This item contains five Summary Reports of Geological Reconnaissance Surveys - undertaken in 1953 - of the mineral concession areas of the Lobito Mining Company in central Angola. Each report is in English and presented in an standard format with 5 to 6 pages of text and hand-drawn sketch maps, and includes the following sections: Introduction; Location and Size of the Area; Recommendations and Conclusions; General Topography; General Geology; Geological Sediments and Structural Features; Mineralization and Economic Possibilities. The reports are: * The Area North of Ganda (with 2 geology maps at 1:40,000 scale & 1 key map at 1:250k); * Cauquete and Caconda (2 maps at 1:40,000); * Vila Massano - Bailundo - Quipeio - Luimbale - Nova Lisboa Area (with 11 geological maps a 1:40,000 scale and 1 key map at 1:250k); * Vila Nova - Chivanda (2 geological maps at 1:40,000); * Northeast Corner of the Concession Area (1 map in three parts at 1:250,000 scale)
Country Then:	Provincia de Angola
Country Now:	Angola
Region:	Southwest Africa - Angola
Nearest City:	Huambo (previously Nova Lisboa)
Northernmost Latitude (decimal degrees):	-12
Southernmost Latitude (decimal degrees):	-14.38
Easternmost Longitude (decimal degrees):	16.4
Westernmost Longitude (decimal degrees):	14.48
Map Scale:	40000

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