Mine detail: Yubdo

Previously called 'BirbirSoddo'

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Location: Welega [Walaga], Ethiopia, Africa
Lat / long: 8.94579, 35.43845
dep_id: 10106888
mrds_id: M046196
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Platinum
Minor mineral: Gold, Palladium, Iridium, Osmium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chromite, Magnetite, Sperrylite
gangue: Chalcedony, Hematite, Ilmenite, Limonite, Magnesite, Olivine, Quartz, Serpentine
orebody_fm: SURFACE COVERING
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Sperrylite Containing Dunite And Pyroxenite
Reporter: Gray, Floyd
Year first produced: 1925
disc_yr: 1924
discr: A. Prasso And A. Zappa
References:
  • Deposit:: MOLLY, E. W., 1959, ECON. GEOL, V. 54, P. 467 - 477
  • Deposit:: AUGUSTITHIS, 1965, CHEMIE DER ERDE, V. 24, P. 159 - 196
  • Deposit:: DUPARC AND MOLLY, 1928, MINERALOG - PETROGRAPH. MITTLG. V. 8, NO. 1, P. 240 - 257
  • Deposit:: AUGUSTITHIS, 1967, CHEM. GEOL., V. 2, P. 311 - 3295) OTTEMANN AND AUGUSTITHIS, 1967, MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 1, P. 269 - 2776) IMPERIAL INST. OF GREAT BRIT., 1936, P. 96.7) USONI, L., 1952, RISORSE MINERARIE DEL*AFRICA ORIENTALE: UFFICIO STUDI DEL MINISTERO DEL*AFRICA ITALIANA, ROMA
  • Production:: MOLLY (1959, P. 475)
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