Barka River Basin

Past Producer in Ethiopia with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183421
MAS/MILS ID 7740000006
Record type Site
Current site name Barka River Basin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 37.70122, 15.08024 (WGS84)
Elevation 800

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ethiopia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Ethiopia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) 37.70122, 15.08024

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.4M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N00W:
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1932

Mining district

District name Suzena

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 25000mt ore
    Indicated 30000mt ore
    Demonstrated 55000mt ore
    Total resources 55000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 25 g/mt Gold Trace 1977

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 PITS AND 3 LEVELS UNDERGROUND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JELENC, DANILO A., 1966, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF ETHIOPIA, P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Ewsc U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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