Dibrawein

Occurrence in Somalia with commodities Chromium, Nickel, Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038694
MRDS ID M046112
Record type Site
Current site name Dibrawein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 43.18444, 9.93401 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Somalia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Somalia

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES FROM NIMA'S GEONAMES DATABASE ARE FOR THE CITY OF BORAMA PER DISTRICT FIELD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) 43.18444, 9.93401

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boroma

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1. COLONIAL OFFICE, 1959, BEARD, E. H., ED., OVERSEAS GEOL. & MIN. RES., V. 7., P. 417

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERAL SEGREGATIONS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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