Mine detail: El Bur Mine

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Location: Somalia, Africa
Lat / long: 4.76782, 46.53437
dep_id: 10011787
mrds_id: D006914
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Minor mineral: Clay
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Sepiolite
orebody_fm: BLANKET
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Greenwood, William R.
hrock_type: Limestone
References:
  • Deposit:: HOLMES, R.J., 1954, A RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOMALIA (FORMER ITALIAN SOMALILAND): U.S. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE MISSION (T.A. 45-125) REPORT, 83 P.
  • Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1970, MINERAL AND GROUNDWATER SURVEY-SOMALIA:UNITED NATIONS REPORT, 133 P.
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