Venturi Asmara

Past Producer in Ethiopia with commodities Copper, 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 10256074
MAS/MILS ID 7740000005
Record type Site
Current site name Venturi Asmara
Alternate or previous names Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 37.51123, 15.01635 (WGS84)
Elevation 850

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ethiopia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Ethiopia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Copper Unknown
Gold Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) 37.51123, 15.01635

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N00E:
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ugaro

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Venturi Asmara
    Home office Ethiopia
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE IS 836 METERS DEEP. NOT OPERATING AT PRESENT BECAUSE OF POLITICAL SITUATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-DEC-1991 Ewsc U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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