Mine detail: Um Gheig Lead, Zinc Mine

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Location: Egypt, Africa
Lat / long: 25.7161, 34.46803
dep_id: 10100219
mrds_id: W029144
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Dolomite, Gypsum, Pyromorphite, Wulfenite
orebody_fm: LENSE SHAPE
alteration: Oxidization
ore_ctrl: Lead-Zinc
Reporter: Tabarak
hrock_unit: Basement Rocks;Sediments Of Recent Age Limestones, Sandstones
hrock_type: Conglomerate
arock_unit: Diorites And Granits Intrusive In Old Metasediments
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Two Systems Of Joints 336 Degrees Nw And 25-30 Degree Ne, They Correspond To A Regional Structural Pattern Of The Red Sea Graben, Two Brachyanticlinal Folds Elongated In The North-Northwestern Direction
tectonic: Tectonic Zone Occupied A Nw-Se Belt
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: REPORT ON GENERALIZATION OF GEOLOGICAL DATA ON MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.A.R. CARRIED UNDER CONTRACT 1247 IN 1966-68
  • Deposit:: OBSERVATIO
  • Deposit:: 1936 SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING OF THE DEPOSIT A. GREY
  • Deposit:: 1951 ORE DESCRIPTION FROM A SPECTROGRAPHIC STUDY EL SHAZLY
  • Deposit:: 1961 EXAMINATION,DRILLING OF TWO BOREHOLES GETMAN STOLBERGER ZINC AG FIRM
  • Deposit:: 1963 GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS YOUSSEF AND EL KAHWAGA
  • Deposit:: 1964,66 CALCULATION OF ORE RESERVES ATTIA AND NASSIM
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