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Walupe River

Occurrence in Uganda with commodities Gold, Platinum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038698
MRDS ID M046119
Record type Site
Current site name Walupe River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 34.00124, 0.39517 (WGS84)
Relative position ACROSS BORDER FROM BUSIA, KENYA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uganda(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Uganda

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result SMALL PERCOWTAGE RD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 34.00124, 0.39517
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DU BOIS, 1966, MINERALS OF KENYA, GEOL SUR KENYA, BULL 8, P. 123

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Snyder, Walter S. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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