Budussa Mountain

Prospect in Ethiopia with commodities Chromium, Iron, Nickel
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 10232103
MAS/MILS ID 7740000004
Record type Site
Current site name Budussa Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 39.00118, 5.50109 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ethiopia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Ethiopia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Asbestos Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Chromite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Talc Unknown
Tremolite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) 39.00118, 5.50109

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1960

Mining district

District name Budussa Village

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 1977
    Measured 2000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2000mt ore
    Total resources 2000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Chromium Cr2O3 0.44 wt-pct Chromium Trace 1977
    Nickel Ni 0.96 wt-pct Nickel Trace 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NOT ENOUGH RESERVES TO MAKE IT ECONOMICAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JELENC, DANILO A., 1966, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF ETHIOPIA, P.

  • Deposit

    60-64, 367, 412-13.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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