Mine detail: El Omayid Gypsum Quarry

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Location: Egypt, Africa
Lat / long: 30.78248, 29.16817
dep_id: 10079533
mrds_id: W029158
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Trace mineral: Limestone, General
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gypsum
orebody_fm: LENSES AND BEDS
conc_proc: Evaporation
Reporter: Adel
Structure: Lagoonal
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: G.S.E.
  • Deposit:: A.M. ABDALLAH, GEOLOGY OF SOME GYPSUM DEPOSITS IN THE NORTH WESTERN DESERT OF U.A.R., GEOL. SUR. AND MINERAL RESEARCH DEPT.
  • Deposit:: M. GHANEM ABDEL AZIZ ET AL, EL OMAYID GYPSUM DEPOSIT, ANNALS OF THE G.S.E., VOL. 1, 1971
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