Hammas Prospect

Occurrence in Somalia with commodities Quartz, Tin
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094418
MRDS ID D006919
Record type Site
Current site name Hammas Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 44.83442, 10.10066 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Somalia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Somalia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result VEIN SAMPLES CONTAIN 96 TO 98 PERCENT SILICA

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 44.83442, 10.10066

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 30M
    Length 40M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1970, MINERAL AND GROUNDWATER SURVEY-SOMALIA: UNITED NATIONS REPORT, 133 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ HAS GOOD PIEZO-ELECTRIC PROPERTIES. SWARM OF QUARTZ VEINS WITH MINOR FELDSPAR AND SPARCE CASSITERITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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