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Bender Ziada Prospect

Occurrence in Somalia with commodity Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011782
MRDS ID D006907
Record type Site
Current site name Bender Ziada Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 48.96769, 11.2672 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position NEAR MOUTH OF UADI SCIAMIS STREAM CHANNEL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Somalia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Somalia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 48.96769, 11.2672
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Comments on the geologic information

  • CASSITERITE DERIVED FROM CASSITERITE-BEARING PEGMATITES AT MANJA YIHIN (MAGIAIAN) MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL SAMPLE PITS IN STREAM GRAVEL

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED AND EXPLORED BY COMINA PRIOR TO WORLD WAR II

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, R.J., 1954, A RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOMALIA (FORMER ITALIAN SOMALILAND): U.S. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE MISSION (T.A. 45-125) REPORT, 83P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOLMES (1954) DID NOT RECOMMEND FURTHER EXPLORATION OF THIS DEPOSIT ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit STREAM GRAVELS CONTAIN MINOR CASSITERITE. DEPOSITS HAVE NOT BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY SAMPLED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Greenwood, William R. U.S. Geological Survey

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