Queen Saba Mine

Past Producer in Ethiopia with commodity Gold
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 10207389
MAS/MILS ID 7740000012
Record type Site
Current site name Queen Saba Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 38.86121, 15.5602 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ethiopia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Ethiopia

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION: 1KM NORTHWEST OF SCHIUMAGELLA, CONNECTED BY R.R. &

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) 38.86121, 15.5602

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 80W
    Length 100M
    Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N30W:80W
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1910

Mining district

District name Queen Saba

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Ethiopian Government

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 6000mt ore
    Demonstrated 6000mt ore
    Total resources 6000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 5 g/mt Gold Trace 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JELENC, D.A., 1966, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF ETHIOPIA, P: 199.

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.