Adi Rassi Or Adi Nefas

Unknown in Ethiopia with commodities Copper, Gold, Nickel
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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183492
MAS/MILS ID 7740000016
Record type Site
Current site name Adi Rassi Or Adi Nefas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 39.0512, 15.32022 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ethiopia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Ethiopia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) 39.0512, 15.32022

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15E
    Dip 60W
    Thickness 2M
    Length 600M
    Width 110M
    Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Strike And Dip N15E:60W
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on exploration

  • A TOTAL OF 1635.33M OF DRILL HOLES IN THE AREA.

Mining district

District name Adi Rassi

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ethiopian Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Ethiopia
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JELENC, D.A., 1966, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF ETHIOPIA, P. 221-

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.