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Tomassah Occurrence

Occurrence in Somalia with commodity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011793
MRDS ID D006924
Record type Site
Current site name Tomassah Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 49.91767, 11.38385 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Somalia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Somalia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 49.91767, 11.38385
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

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, 83 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAY ALSO CONTAIN BARITE SIMILAR TO GALANGALO

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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