Mine detail: Hammash Copper Deposit

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Location: Egypt, Africa
Lat / long: 24.66618, 34.11802
dep_id: 10079494
mrds_id: W029104
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bornite
orebody_fm: VEINS
conc_proc: Mesothermal Solutions
Reporter: Milad
hrock_unit: Metamorphic Rocks
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_unit: Microgranodiorite And Microgranite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Fissures Filled With Qz-Mineralised Veins Trending 90 Degree Or 230 Degree Ne-Sw
tectonic: The East African Rift System
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: GSE LABORATORIES
  • Deposit:: MOUSTAFA AND HILMY,1958, CONTRIBUTION TO THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE HAMMASH COPPER DEPOSITS, SOUTHEASTERN DESERT, EGYPT, PAPER NO
  • Deposit:: 1958 EXPLORATION MOUSTAFA AND HILM
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