Girta Gabno Occurrence

Occurrence in Somalia with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094431
MRDS ID D007002
Record type Site
Current site name Girta Gabno Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 45.43439, 5.13445 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Somalia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Somalia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE 48 PERCENT FE
Result 0.05 PERCENT MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Jesomma Sandstone
    Rock description Jesomma Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) 45.43439, 5.13445

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 1M

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., 19548 A RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOMALIA (FORMER ITALIAN SOMALILAND): US.S TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE MISSION (T.A. 45-125) REPORT, 83 P

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.