| Lat / long: | 0.50155, 35.61788 |
| Primary: | Fluorine-Fluorite |
| Tertiary: | Quartz, Calcium, Iron |
| Ore: | Fluorite |
| Gangue: | Biotite, Calcite, Diopside, Graphite, Microcline, Orthoclase, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline |
| Orebody form: | LINEAR |
| Discovery year: | 1967 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1972 |
| Host rock: | Hornblende-Gneiss;Biotite-Gneiss;Quartzofeldspathic Gneiss |
| Host type: | Gneiss,Limestone |
| Associated rock: | Basalt |
| Associated type: | Basalt,Pegmatite |
| Structure: | Rift Valley To The West, Kavirondo Rift To The Se., Kerio Valley. Elgeyo Escarpment And Associated Faults |
| MRDS | W007003 |
| DEP | 10069464 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH-FLUOR: METAL SERVICE, P. 38}{Deposit:: , 1972, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO 60, SEPT*2, P. 37}{Deposit:: NYAMBOK, I.O. AND GACIRI, S.J., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE FLUORITE DEPOSITS IN KERIO VALLEY, KENYA: ECON. GEOL. V. 70 N. 2 P. 299 - 307}{Deposit:: 1969 GEOLMAP KENYA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, J. WALSH}{Deposit:: 1974 GEOLMAP U. OF NAIROBI, NYAMBOK AND GACIRI}{Production:: CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH-FLUOR: P. 38. 1970, 1971, 1972 MINERALS YEARBOOK V. III P. 471, 505, 503 RESP.} |
| Reporter | Schruben, Paul G. |