Hara Hot Mines

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10208013
MAS/MILS ID 7740000010
Record type Site
Current site name Hara Hot Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 38.87121, 15.30022 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000

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
Calcite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) 38.87121, 15.30022

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 75W
    Length 150M
    Field Value
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N00S:75W
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1930

Mining district

District name Hara Hot Mines

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Azienda Minere Africa Orientale
    Year 1977

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 3000mt ore
    Demonstrated 3000mt ore
    Total resources 3000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 8 g/mt Gold Trace 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXPLORATION & PROSPECTING DONE IN 1937. PRODUCTION 1932-193

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.