Dimma-Golliso

Prospect in Ethiopia with commodities Iron, Silica
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 10232192
MAS/MILS ID 7740000019
Record type Site
Current site name Dimma-Golliso

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 35.60123, 9.10078 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ethiopia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Ethiopia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabandite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Orthoclase Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) 35.60123, 9.10078

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00E
    Dip 00W
    Thickness 5M
    Length 1500M
    Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N00E:00W
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dimma-Golliso

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

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

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 12000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 12000000mt ore
    Total resources 12000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 33.1 wt-pct Iron Trace 1977
    Silica SiO2 32.6 wt-pct Silica Trace 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JELENC, D.A., 1966, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF ETHIOPIA, P. 275-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ALSO HAS SMALL AMOUNTS OF- P, S, AS, MN, MG, CA & NA.

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.