Schiumagelle 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10232144
MAS/MILS ID 7740000011
Record type Site
Current site name Schiumagelle Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 38.80121, 15.5002 (WGS84)
Elevation 2290

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ethiopia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Ethiopia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Gold Unknown
Kaolin Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Mica Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) 38.80121, 15.5002

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 45E
    Width 2M
    Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N00S:45E
    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 1902

Mining district

District name Schiumagelle

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 5000mt ore
    Demonstrated 5000mt ore
    Total resources 5000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 45 g/mt Gold Trace 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JELENC, D.A., 1966, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF ETHIOPIA, P: 193-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POWER: 665 HORSE POWER DIESEL, THE MINE USED 70,000KWH PER M LOCATION: 7KM NORTHWEST OF ASMARA NEAR THE VILLAGE OF ADI AB

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.