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Culi-Culi Prospect

Occurrence in Somalia with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011784
MRDS ID D006910
Record type Site
Current site name Culi-Culi Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 43.50109, 2.31805 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Somalia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Somalia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGES 39 PERCENT FE, 0.06 PERCENT MN, 0.03 PERCENT TI, 0.036 PERCENT PHOSPHOROUS, 0.05 PERCENT S.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 43.50109, 2.31805
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description E-W

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike E-W
    Dip 90 TO 55 S
    Thickness 40M
    Length 1800M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BANDED HEMATITE QUARTZITE IN QUARTZITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bur Region

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL EXPLORATION PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, R.J., 1954, A RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOMALIA (FORMER ITALIAN SOMALILAND): U.S. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE MISSION (T.A. 45-125) REPORT, 83 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOLMES (1954) ESTIMATES 29,000,000 METRIC TONS OF ORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Greenwood, William R. U.S. Geological Survey

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