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Kyanite from
Lega Dembi Mine, Megado, Oromia Region, Ethiopia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Kyanite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kyanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lega Dembi Mine, Megado, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:601136
Long-form Identifier:1:3:601136:9
GUID (UUID V4):a119ee8b-754e-4e96-943f-fe485aa54e4d
Nearest other occurrences of Kyanite
39.9km (24.8 miles) Adola belt (Adola gold field), Oromia Region, Ethiopia
48.8km (30.3 miles) Aflata river basin alluvials, Bule Hora, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Schneider The geology of the Lega Dembi gold deposit, southern Ethiopia: implications for Pan-African...January 1997 Abstract The Lega Dembi deposit is the largest gold producer in Ethiopia. It is situated in late-Precambrian...sediments of the N-S trending, volcanosedimentary Megado belt, which forms part of the lateProterozoic Adola...Adola granite-greenstone terrane in southern Ethiopia. The lode-gold mineralization occurs in a N-S trending...gneisses and the volcanosedimentary sequence of the Megado belt. This contact also marks the northernmost
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Structure of Precambrian Rocks in the Adola Goldfield (Ethiopia) based on Two Generations of Interference Pattern...Institute of Geological Survey of Ethiopia, P.O. Box 5580, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) (Received December 71 1987;...structure of Precambrian rocks in the Adola Goldfield (Ethiopia) based on two generations of interference pattern...mapped in Precambrian rocks of the Adola Goldfield (Ethiopia). The F2 phase folded pre-existing planes (D1)...been active in the !ate Precambrian of southern Ethiopia. Introduction It is now generally accepted that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
purposely lacking, as all information on regional and mine geology, host rock and ore sample descriptions,...India; Pilgrim’s Rest [30–33], South Africa; Lega Dembi, Ethiopia [34]; Navachab, Namibia [35–40]; Mindyak...Africa, three in India, two in Russia, one in Ethiopia, Brazil and Indonesia. The geographic diversity...Cuiabá, Hutti, Ajjanahalli, Hira Buddini and Lega Dembi are situated in greenstone belts, Renco formed...Ajjannahalli Renco Hutti Hira Buddini Pilgrim’s Rest Lega Dembi Navachab Mindyak Kochkar Awak Mas Barberton
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
647 The Adola Fold and Thrust Belt, southern Ethiopia: a re-examination with implications for Pan-African...Project, UNDP ETH 86/034, P.O.Box 5580, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia t Cooperazione Italiana Universitaria, c/o Department...Geology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Received 10 October 1988; accepted 7 February...1989) Abstract - The Adola Fold and Thrust Belt of Ethiopia is a late- Precambrian, north-south trending belt...(F3), which imparted the dominant structure of the region; (4) F3 was later gently affected, at right angles
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
are the most prominent tectonic structures in the region and can be traced for several kilometers in length...separates thethe Nakfa terrane in The Koka gold gold mine mineisislocated locatedininthe theElababu Elababushear...for the ore-bearing hydrothermal activities in the mine area. Minerals 2019, 9, 201 4 of 20 The high-angle...between East Gondwana and West Gondwana, the Eritrea region in the southern part of the EAOB experienced regional...Sukhaybarat [52], An Najadi [53], Ad Duwayhi [54], and Lega-Dembi [55]. Regionally, Post orogenic a-type granite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposit. Today, Sukari is the single major producing mine in US the Eastern Desert but many other significant...and eastern Egypt, through Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia, and into Kenya (Fig. 1). Prior to Red Sea rifting...is a poorly CE exposed contact in Kenya and Ethiopia with a pre-Neoproterozoic crustal block referred...largescale open-pit and a high-grade underground mine. Franzmann et al (2015) report total T measured...underground operations in 2011. In 2012, the Sukari Gold Mine Co. mined 6.4 Mt of ore, processed 4.5 Mt of ore
Report (issue)
MAURITANIA MALI NIGER ERITREA CHAD Khartoum* SUDAN ETHIOPIA UG Kampal RWANDA~:c-J:::;.:;.;:;'---.. Kigali...37 Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Eritrea . . . 47 Gabon . . . ....of diversified experience in mineral exploration, mine design, development, and operations, as well as...:ifiecl) Cobalt, Alumi- Cbromite Ccment Dum mine, Co CODtent (tooa) Algeria 6,400 Angola '250...Cote d'Ivoire ·soo •15 16,000 180 Gaboo 175 mine, u,o. Zn content cootent 432,400 2 192 4
Book (edition)
the mineral industry and human consequences 11.6.1 Mine waste catastrophe 11.6.2 Mineral process plant failure...system had been unearthed along the “Awas River” in Ethiopia following the East African Rift System. “Millennium...rhodochrosite (MnCO3) Silicate Andalusite - kyanite sillimanite (Al2SiO5), Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18), amazonite...tailing in the future. The tailing of Kolar gold mine, India, historically stored at tailing dam, is being...and alloys Delicate acicular ore at Broken Hill mine, Australia, Friedrichssegen, Germany. Secondary
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useful for revealing the geodynamic evolution of a region, and more effective for regional prospecting exploration...evolution process of regional structures. This region is located within the southeastern margin of the...were significantly reworked during orogenies. The region witnessed migration and collision between the NCC...Metallogenesis of super-large gold deposits in Jiaodong region and deep processes of subcontinental lithosphere...rocks in the northern segment of the Tan–Lu Fault region, northeast China. J. Asian Earth Sci. 2017, 144
 
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