Yubdo

Past Producer in Ethiopia with commodities Gold, Iron, Iridium, Osmium, Palladium, Platinum, Rhodium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10280863
MAS/MILS ID 7740000002
Record type Site
Current site name Yubdo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 35.45123, 8.97079 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ethiopia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Ethiopia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Osmium Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 35.45123, 8.97079

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1924

Mining district

District name Yubdo

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 77-RCD-612- PROBABLE RESERVES ARE GIVEN AS 500-1600 KG OF GR PLATINUM. 77-RCD-601-607- GRADE GIVEN IS OF ELUVIAL PLATINUM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOLLY, E.W., 1959, PLATINUM DEPOSITS OF ETHIOPIA, ECON. GEOL

  • Deposit

    54, P. 467-77.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Ewsc U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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