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Mineral Resources Potential - Geothermal Resources

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Chapter two<br />

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Geological outline .,. . .......... "..H .... ...*..*...I....H 5<br />

2.1 Geology ....................... . ............................ 5<br />

2.1.1 Precambrian metamorphic<br />

rocks and associated<br />

intrusions ...............................I............. 5<br />

2.1.2 Late-Palaeozoic and Early-<br />

Mesozoic sediments ............................. 6<br />

2.1.3 Cenozoic rocks ................................. .-.. 9<br />

2.1.3.1 Cenozoic sedimentary<br />

rocks ....................................... 9<br />

2.1.3.2 Cenozoic vol~c rocks ......... 9<br />

r 2. I .3.3 The Rift and RiR<br />

volcanic rocks ................... . 10<br />

2.2 An overview of the main<br />

structural features in Ethiopia ........................... 17<br />

2.3 <strong>Mineral</strong> resources .............................................. 22<br />

Chapter three<br />

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Metallic minerals ............. -.*,. . . .... "..-... 32<br />

3.1 Gold Deposit ........... ....... .....I. ..++........ ............. 34<br />

3.2 Platinum Deposit ............................................. 71<br />

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3.3 Tantalum (Niobium, FEE, Lithium,<br />

I Beryliium) deposit ......................................... .78<br />

3,4 Nickel (Cobalt) deposit .................................... 95<br />

3.5 Irondeposit I .................................................... 100

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