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Fulanful Prospect

Occurrence in Somalia with commodities Lead, Copper, Iron
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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 10011788
MRDS ID D006915
Record type Site
Current site name Fulanful Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 45.13441, 10.20065 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Somalia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Somalia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 45.13441, 10.20065
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 70 TO 80 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • PALLISTER (1959) ESTIMATES PRECAMBRIAN AGE (900 M.Y.) FOR GALENA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1970, MINERAL AND GROUNDWATER SURVEY-SOMALIA: UNITED NATIONS REPORT, 133 P.

  • Deposit

    HUNT, J.A., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE BERBERA-SHEIKH AREA, BERBERA AND BURAO DISTRICTS: SOMALILAND PROTECTORATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT NO. 4, 27 P.

  • Deposit

    PALLISTER, J.W., 1959, SOMALILAND PROTECTORATE: ANNUAL REPORT OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, APRIL 1958-MARCH 1959: CROWN AGENTS, LONDON.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ-CARBONATE VEINLETS IN MARMORIC LIMESTONE DOWNFAULTED WITHIN BIOTITE GNEISS

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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