| Abstract: | Additional exploration in Somalia is warranted for a wide variety of metallic and nonmetallic deposits. In Precambrian rocks, deposit types favorable for exploration include: a banded iron formation; platinum-bearing mafic-ultramafic complexes; tin-bearing quartz veins; phosphorite; stratabound base-metal deposits; uranium associated with Precambrian(?) syenite; apatite, molybdenum, and alumina in alkalic rocks; Jurassic and Cretaceous black shales; possible bedded-barite and massive base- and precious-metal sulfide deposits; vein barite in Tertiary rocks in fault zones; sepiolite and bentonite for drilling muds and other industrial uses; celestite; possible Tertiary zeolite; and uranium deposits.
Several of these deposit types could be Jointly developed and integrated into domestic industries; for example, phosphate and gypsum, or bentonite for pelletized iron from the banded iron deposits. Other deposits such as barite and sepiolite are of value because of their proximity to major drilling operations in the Arabian Gulf. Still other deposits, such as alumina and banded iron, might be marketable because of proximity to aluminum and iron-refining industries now being constructed in Saudi Arabia. Some deposits, such as celestite, can be developed with little capital investment; others, such as the iron deposits, would require large capital commitments. Exploration and evaluation for many of these deposits can be accomplished by Somali geologists with a few advisors. Most of the deposits require feasibility studies conducted by teams of economic geologists, extractive metallurgists, and economists. Some marginal deposits could be exploited if cooperative development schemes could be negotiated with governments in nearby countries. |
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| Citation Author: | Greenwood, W. R. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iii, 46 p., 4 over-size sheets, maps ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Series Number: | 82-788 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | A preliminary evaluation of the nonfuel mineral potential of Somalia; 1982; OFR; 82-788; Greenwood, W. R. |
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| Text: | A preliminary evaluation of the nonfuel mineral potential of Somalia; 1982; OFR; 82-788; Greenwood, W. R. |
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| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
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