Adola Gold Mine

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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183550
MAS/MILS ID 7740000003
Record type Site
Current site name Adola Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 39.23116, 5.08113 (WGS84)
Elevation 1400

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
Chlorite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Talc Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) 39.23116, 5.08113

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N00E:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Adola

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

  • Deposit

    1976, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, P. 447-48.

  • Deposit

    DE KUN, NICOLAS, 1965, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA, P. 3

  • Deposit

    LETTER FROM MINISTRY OF MINES, POWER & WATER RESOURCES, 21/1

  • Deposit

    (PROVISIONAL MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF SOCIALIST ETHIOPIA.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 77-RCD-611- RESERVES ESTEMATED AT 13616.01 KG OF GOLD. 77-COST IN U.S. DOLLARS, 1970-74, 2,718,352 G OF GOLD MINED, WAS $3,784,468.50.

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.