Adi Nefas Doop

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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255756
MAS/MILS ID 7740000007
Record type Site
Current site name Adi Nefas Doop

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 39.0512, 15.32022 (WGS84)

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
Gold Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) 39.0512, 15.32022

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 90M
    Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N10E:
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on exploration

  • 77-RCD-050- EXPLORATION TOOK PLACE FROM 1932 TO 1940.

Mining district

District name Adi Nefas Doop

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

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.