Mine detail: Wadi Essel Ore Occurrence

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Location: Egypt, Africa
Lat / long: 25.89942, 34.35136
dep_id: 10079523
mrds_id: W029146
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Limonite
other_matl: Calcite
orebody_fm: POCKETS
ore_ctrl: The Mineralization Is Located In Pockets Confined To The Nubian Sandstones Of The Cretaceous
Reporter: Deyah Mohamed Tabarak
hrock_unit: Nubian Sandstone; Conglomerate, Containing Sandstone And Igneous Cobbles;Upper Conglom-Member Has Marl, Sand, Coquima-I.E. Coral Limestones
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_unit: Diorites And Granites
arock_type: Diorite,Granite
Structure: Unconformity Between Basement And Upper Cretaceous
tectonic: Two Systems Of Joints Are Present, Striking Nw And Ne, Respectively
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EGYPT. (PAPER NO. 61)
  • Deposit:: REPORT ON GENERALIZATION OF GEOLOGICAL DATA ON MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.A.R. CARRIED OUT UNDER CONTRACT 1247 (1966-1968
  • Deposit:: 1959 BUSCHENDORT
  • Deposit:: 1959 E.EL. SHAZLY
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