Mine detail: Safaga

Previously called 'WasieMine No. 8Um Hawytate Abu Shagala'

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Location: Egypt, Africa
Lat / long: 26.89935, 33.93471
dep_id: 10081071
mrds_id: W032770
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Calcite, Collophane, Dolomite
gangue: Hematite, Quartz, Siderite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
Reporter: Gassaway, Judith S.
hrock_type: Shale
Year first produced: 1911
References:
  • Deposit:: KOTB, H., ABDEL AZIM, Y.Y., AND KAMEL, O.A., 1971, BENEFICATION OF SAFAGA LOW GRADE PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT: ANNALS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF EGYPT, V. 1, P. 135-146
  • Deposit:: HUME, W.F., 1925, GEOLOGY OF EGYPT: SURVEY OF EGYPT, VOL. 1, CAIRO 408 P.
  • Deposit:: OMARA, S., 1965, PHOSPHATIC DEPOSITS IN SYRIA AND SAFAGA DISTRICT, EGYPT: ECON. GEOL., VOL. 6, P. 214-222.
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