Mineral Resources Potential - Geothermal Resources

ii Mineral Resources Potential of Ethiopia
following authors: Senbeto and de Wit (1981); EMRDC (1985);
Ethiopian Geological Survey (EGS, 1989); Getaneh and Saxena
(1984); Getaneh Assefa (1985, 1991); Wolela et al. (1986, 1987); 1
Wolela (1991, 1992, 1995); Gebre (1991); Meseret Teklemariarn
(1 991, 1993,2000); Befekadu and Senbeto (1993); Abera (1 994);
Ethiopian Ministry of Mines and Energy (1995); Tefera et al.
(1996); Walle (1 996); Solomon Tadesse and Zerihun Desta (1 996);
Solomon et al. (1997); Solomon Tadesse (1999; 2000; 2001);
Meseret et aI. (2000); Selassie and Reymold (2000); Mengistu and
Fentaw (2000); and Solomon Tadesse et al. (1998, 2003); along
with the author's own long and direct experiences and scholarly
research in many localities of Ethiopia.
The author believes that the book is reasonably
comprehensive and systematic in its treatment of topics and hopes
that it will be of interest to both scholars and the general public.
The book is intended as a text of reference for both undergraduate
and graduate students in the field of Economic Geology, Mining
Geology and Exploration Geology in the Department of Earth
Sciences of the Addis Ababa University and other universities in
Ethiopia offering related courses. It is hoped that it will be a useful
guide and encourage potential local and foreign investors in
undertaking mineral exploration activities and perhaps be useful
also in identifying locations likely to produce new occurrences of
minerals in the country.
Chapter one begins with an introduction presenting a
historical review of the country's mining and mind exploration
and development activities. Chapter two comprehensive1 y reviews
the regional geological and tectonic framework ofqhe country with
a summary of a broad stratigraphic unit. The chipter emphasizes
the range of geological processes responsible for the formation of
the enormously diverse resource types found in the country.
Chapter three presents a systematic description of important
metallic mineral resources. Pertinent information on origin,
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