Mine detail: Wadi Um Nar Iron Ore Occurrence

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Location: Egypt, Africa
Lat / long: 25.26613, 34.30136
dep_id: 10079541
mrds_id: W029168
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite
gangue: Ilmenite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
orebody_fm: SHEET OR BANDS
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: Tabarak
hrock_type: Metasedimentary Rock
arock_unit: Actinalite-Epidote And Hornblend Schists
arock_type: Schist
Structure: Overturned Anticline. The Axis Plunges S-W., The Anticline Was Complicated By Minor Folds And Faults.
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: REPORT ON GENERALIZATION OF GEOLOGICAL DATA ON MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.A.R. CARRIED OUT UNDER CONTRACT 1247, G.G. KOCHIN AND BASSYUNI.
  • Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GENERALIZATION OF GEOLOGICAL DATA ON MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.A.R. CARRIED OUT UNDER CONTRACT 1247 IN 1966-68, G.G. KOCHIN AND F.A. BASSYUNI
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