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Darreh Hos Prospect

Past Producer in Somalia with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Beryllium
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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. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011786
MRDS ID D006913
Record type Site
Current site name Darreh Hos Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 44.91775, 9.984 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Somalia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Somalia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Secondary
Beryllium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Columbite Ore
Muscovite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 44.91775, 9.984
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1924
Discoverer Col. Ashby
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name Henweina Region

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mineral Research Corp.

Comments on development

  • 26,000 LB OF COLUMBITE AND 33 TONS OF BERYL PRODUCED BY 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNT, J.A., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE ADADLEH AREA, HARGEISA AND BERBERA DISTRICTS: SOMALILAND BRITISH PROTECTORATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT NO. 2, 16 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COLUMBITE, BERYL, AND MUSCOVITE OCCUR IN PEGMATITES. MONAZITE AND SAMARSKITE ALSO OCCUR IN SOME OF THESE PEGMATITES

Reporter information

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

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