Mineral Resources Potential - Geothermal Resources

1 18 Mineral Resources Potential of Ethiopia
sp&ial molybdenum-containing alloys, such as the Hastelloys, me
notably heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant. Molybdenum is used
in oil pipelines, aircraft and missile parts, and in filaments.
Molybdenum finds use as a catalyst in the petroleum industiy,
especially in catalysts for removing organic sulfurs from petroleum
products. Ma-99 is used in the nuclear isotope industry.
a Molybdenum ranges are pigme'nts ranging from red-yellow to a
in paints, inks, plastics, and rubber
Coppr, zinc, lead, molybdenum murmnees in Ethiopia
Copper most promising occurrences seem to be related to
volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS type) mineralization
occurring in the meta-volcano-sedimentary belts of Western
Ethiopia (Abetselo, KatPr). Other occurrences are related to basicultrabasic
magmatic rocks and copper is also a common pathfinder
of gold in many shear-zone related "mesothermd" goId deposits
(Table 2). The well-hown Cu-Mu-(Co) Chercher deposit in
Eastern Ethiopia, hosted in Mesozoic sandstones discordant over
the Precambrian basement belongs to the Red Bed type. Recently,
the Ethiopian Mineral Development Sh. Co. have discovered
copper occurrencm at localities Wachile and G d e in Arero
Wore&, Borena zone (Southem Etbiopia). The copper minerds
are malachite associated with meta-granite and &randorite. The
localities are currently under intensive gmIogical and geophysical
mmm
Zinc, Lead, as well as other commodities (e.g. Ag, As, Sb, Bi) are
associated with Cu and Au in polpetallic massive and
disseminated sulphides of volcanogenic and volcano-sedimentary
deposits (Kata, Abetselo, Azale-Akendeyu), as well as pathfinders
y primary "lode" orogenic deposits. Other Pb or Pbs
located close to the basal contact of discordant
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