Mine detail: Kenticha Deposit

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Location: Ethiopia, Africa
Lat / long: 5.50109, 40.00116
dep_id: 10023852
mrds_id: I005010
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tantalum
Minor mineral: Niobium (Columbium)
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
gangue: Beryl, Cleavelandite, Spodumene
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Granite
tectonic: Adolo Greenstone Belt
disc_yr: 1983
References:
  • Deposit:: SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, 1994, MINERAL WEALTH OF ETHIOPIA--TANTALUM, SODA ASH, POTASH, NICKEL AND PLATINUM: V. 83 , NO. 47, P. 5-7
  • Reserve-Resource:: SKILLINGS, 1994.
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