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Lake Magadi

Producer in Kenya with commodities Halite, Sodium, Cobalt
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  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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106728
MRDS ID I000118
Record type Site
Current site name Lake Magadi

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 36.28453, -1.86491 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kenya(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Kenya

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary
Sodium Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 36.28453, -1.86491
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Magadi Soda Ash Co.

Comments on the production information

  • ANNUAL PRODUCTION IS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 250,000 TPA SODIUM CARBONATE. CAPACITY IS 300,000 TPA. SALT PRODUCTION IS ABOUT 40,000 TPA.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THIS DEPOSIT IS KENYA'S LARGEST SOURCE OF CRUDE SALT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NOTHOLT, ARTHUR, 1990, KENYA, IN CENTRAL AFRICA: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW 1990, P. 129

  • Reserve-Resource

    NOTHOLT, 1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-90 Orris, Greta J. 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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