Gabile Well Occurrence

Occurrence in Somalia with commodity Strontium
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094434
MRDS ID D007042
Record type Site
Current site name Gabile Well Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 43.21778, 10.16733 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Somalia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Somalia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Strontium Primary

Analytical data

Result 55 PERCENT STRONTIUM OXIDE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Anhydrite Series
    Rock description Anhydrite Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 43.21778, 10.16733

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARQUHARSON, M. A., 1924, FIRST REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BRITISH SOMALILAND: WATERLOW AND SONS LTD., LONDON, 53 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VOLUME UNCERTAIN BUT PROBABLY HAS REGIONAL EXTENT

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.