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Kenticha Deposit

Prospect in Ethiopia with commodities Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023852
MRDS ID I005010
Record type Site
Current site name Kenticha Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 40.00116, 5.50109 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 50 KM SE OF SHAKISO., Estimated Location, May Be Significantly Incorrect., Estimated Location, May Be Significantly Incorrect.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ethiopia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Ethiopia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tantalum Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Gangue
Cleavelandite Gangue
Spodumene Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 40.00116, 5.50109
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 20E
    Thickness 50M
    Length 2500M
    Width 150M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1983

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Total resources 2500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tantalum Ta 0.015 wt-pct Tantalum Major 1994

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE PRIMARY ORE ZONE IS OPEN ENDED AND ADDITIONAL RESERVES ARE LIKELY.

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT WAS DELINEATED BY PITTING ON A 20 X 40 M GRID AND BOREHOLES ON A 40 X 80 M GRID.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, 1994, MINERAL WEALTH OF ETHIOPIA--TANTALUM, SODA ASH, POTASH, NICKEL AND PLATINUM: V. 83 , NO. 47, P. 5-7

  • Reserve-Resource

    SKILLINGS, 1994.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE HANGING WALL OF THE PEGMATITE IS THE SERPENTINIZED ULTRAMAFIC; THE FOOTWALL GRADES INTO GRANITE. THE TANTALUM GRADE INCREASES TOWARD THE HANGING WALL AND THE TANTALUM ZONE IS ABOUT 2 KM LONG. THE RICHEST NB ORE IS AT THE SOUTH END OF THE PEGMATITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-DEC-94 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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