The Precambrian rocks been involved with the orogeny process, which is when a section of the Earth's crust is deformed to form a mountain range.
Mesozoic sediments in the Danakil and Aysha horsts, which are raised blocks of the Earth's crust that have been lifted, were deformed.
Metal resources include copper, gold, iron ore, lead, zinc, silver and magnesium.
There have been discoveries of high-grade polymetallic volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposits in recent years.
[1]: 96 In the Dallol depression, large quantities of Neogene evaporites can be found, including halites, gypsum, and potassium salt.