Mine detail: Barramiya Gold Deposit

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Location: Egypt, Africa
Lat / long: 25.07281, 33.78914
dep_id: 10079502
mrds_id: W029114
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: VEINS
alteration: Very Weak Silicification And Chloritization Of Rocks At The Contact With The Ore Bearing Veins
ore_ctrl: Mineralization In Quartz Veins
Reporter: Nabil
hrock_type: Calc-Silicate Schist
arock_unit: Graphitic Sheets
arock_type: Schist
Structure: Main Structures Run Parallel To The Red Sea Graben.
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 0
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 0
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: OSMAN, MOHARRAM AND OTHERS, 1970, STUDIES ON SOME MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EGYPT, CONTRACT NO. 1247
  • Deposit:: M.B. EL KADI, JUNE 1976, A REVIEW OF THE PROMISING GOLD BEARING DEPOSIT, EASTERN DESERT, EGYPT.
  • Deposit:: OSMAN, MOHARRAM AND OTHERS, 1970, STUDIES ON SOME MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EGYPT, CONTRACT NO. 1247.
  • Deposit:: 1906-31 PRODUCTION
  • Deposit:: 1938-62 PROSPECTING
  • Deposit:: 1954-67 PRODUCTION
  • Deposit:: 1974 PROSPECTING & EXPLORATION
  • Deposit:: 1975 PROSPECTING & EXPLORATION
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