Chago

Prospect in Ethiopia with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134719
MAS/MILS ID 7740000020
Record type Site
Current site name Chago

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 36.33122, 9.06078 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ethiopia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Ethiopia

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION: 4.5KM DUE SOUTH OF THE VILLAGE OF CHAGO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) 36.33122, 9.06078

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00E
    Dip 00W
    Thickness 2M
    Length 400M
    Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N00E:00W
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chago

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ethiopian Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Ethiopia
    Year 1977

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Measured 454000mt ore
    Demonstrated 454000mt ore
    Total resources 454000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe2O3 70.0999 wt-pct Iron Trace 0

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JELENC, D.A., 1966, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF ETHIOPIA, P. 284-

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Ewsc U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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