Prospect

Alio Ghelle Prospect

Somalia
ThoriumUranium
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Description

U.N.D.P.

Commodities
PrimaryThorium
SecondaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metasomatic
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formOTHER: INVERTED CUP
Materials
Ore mineralsCoffinite, Pitchblende, Thorite
GangueBarite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphene
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1966
Identification
Deposit ID10096852
MRDS IDD006998
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates2.48469, 43.66776
References
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1970, MINERAL AND GROUNDWATER SURVEY-SOMALIA: UNITED NATIONS REPORT, 133 P