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Hudiso Prospect

Occurrence in Somalia with commodities Manganese, Kyanite, Garnet
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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 10011791
MRDS ID D006920
Record type Site
Current site name Hudiso Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 45.20108, 10.03399 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Somalia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Somalia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Kyanite Tertiary
Garnet Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore
Kyanite Ore
Rhodonite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHANNEL SAMPLES RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 PERCENT MN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 45.20108, 10.03399
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 3M
    Length 3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENTICULAR MN DEPOSITS OCCUR OVER 6 KM, CONFORMABLE TO ENCLOSING BIOTITE SCHIST. KYANITE AND MN-RICH GARNET OCCUR IN SCHIST.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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