Medrizen

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304771
MAS/MILS ID 7740000013
Record type Site
Current site name Medrizen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 38.92121, 15.27022 (WGS84)
Elevation 2300

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
Azurite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Iron Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Mica Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Siderite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) 38.92121, 15.27022

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 79E
    Length 2000M
    Width 2M
    Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N30W:79E
    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 1910

Mining district

District name Medrizen

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TOTALED 8,669G AU @ 10G /TON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JELENC, D.A., 1966, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF ETHIOPIA, P: 201-

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.