Mine detail: Wiget Prospect

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Location: Somalia, Africa
Lat / long: 10.10066, 45.13441
dep_id: 10011794
mrds_id: D006925
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead
Minor mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena
orebody_fm: TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Fault Zone
Reporter: Greenwood, William R.
hrock_type: Hornfels
Structure: N 20 To 30 E Fault
tectonic: Margin Gulf Of Aden Spreading Center
References:
  • Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1970, MINERAL AND GROUNDWATER SURVEY-SOMALIA: UNITED NATIONS REPORT, 133 P.
  • Deposit:: HUNT, J.A., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE BERBERA-SHEIKH AREA, BERBERA AND BURAU DISTRICTS: SOMALILAND BRITISH PROTECTORATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT NO. 4, 27 P.
  • Deposit:: PALLISTER, J.W., 1959, SOMALILAND PROTECTORATE: ANNUAL REPORT OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, APRIL 1958-MARCH 1959: CROWN AGENTS, LONDON.
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