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Past Producer in Kenya with commodities Gold, Platinum, Chromium

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10038686
MRDS ID	M046103
Record type	Site
Current site name	Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	35.50121, 1.66811 (WGS84)
Relative position	180 MILE NW OF NAIROBI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kenya(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Kenya

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Platinum Critical	Tertiary
Chromium Critical	Tertiary

Analytical data

Result	PT DETECTED SPECTROGRAPHICALLY

Nearby scientific data

(1)	35.50121, 1.66811	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

HR.AGE.MV: ALLUVIAL GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	West Pokot

Comments on the workings information

ALLUVIAL GOLD DISCOVERED 1951

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046103

Bibliographic references

Deposit

DU BOIS, C. G. B., 1966, MINERALS OF KENYA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY KENYA, BULL NO. 8, P. 123
Deposit

MILLER, J. M., 1956, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY KENYA, REPORT NO. 35

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	FURTHER PROSPECTING FOR PLACER GOLD IN ASSOCIATED DRAINAGES IS WARRENTED

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-APR-1975	Snyder, Walter S.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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