Mine detail: Oldoinyo-Nyiro

Previously called 'Nyahururu-FallsUaso-Nyiro'

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Location: Kenya, Africa
Lat / long: 0.75152, 37.0012
dep_id: 10024373
mrds_id: ISM0084
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Graphite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
Reporter: Krauss, Ulrich H.
hrock_unit: Basement System
hrock_type: Schist
References:
  • Deposit:: STEWART, A.L. 1963: GRAPHITE IN KENYA. - MINISTRY OF NAT. RESOUR. GEOL. SURV. KENYA BULL. NO.6
  • Deposit:: SHACKLETON, R.M., 1946: GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY BETWEEN NANYUKI AND MARALAL. - GEOLOGICAL SURVEY KENYA, REPORT NO.11
  • Deposit:: PARKINSON, J. 1947: OUTLINES OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE MTITO ANDEI-TSAVO AREA. - GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF KENYA, RE PORT NO.13
  • Deposit:: ANONYM, 1983: KENYA ADVANCES SMALL-SCALE MINING. - MINERALS & METALS REVIEW, FEB. 1983 P.15,16
  • Deposit:: PULFREY, W.O.B.E., 1969: THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KENYA. (2.REVISION, WALSH, J.) - GEOLOGICAL SURVEY KENYA, BULL. NO.9
  • Deposit:: MASON, J.E. & THEURI, G.F., 1980: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DEVELOPMENT IN KENYA. - 4.INDUSTR. MIN. INTERNAT. CONGRESS, MAY 1980 P.111-128
  • Deposit:: POHL, W. & HORKEL, A., 1980 NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE MTITO ANDEI-TAITA AREA (SOUTHERN KENYA) - MITT. OESTERR. GEOL. GES. VOL.73, P.135-152
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