| Location: | Egypt, Africa |
| Lat / long: | 28.49929, 29.01814 |
| dep_id: | 10100221 |
| mrds_id: | W029176 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Iron |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Goethite, Hematite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Chalcedony, Chamosite, Gibbsite, Manganite, Psilomelane, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite |
| orebody_fm: | LENTICULAR OR POCKETS |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| Reporter: | Tabarak |
| hrock_unit: | Clay Bands, Marl, Calcareous Clays |
| hrock_type: | Clay, Mud |
| Structure: | A Fault Separates The Mass Of Gabal Ghorabi From Nasser Area In An E-W Direction., Lies Unconformably Above The Eroded Surface Of The Bahariya Formation. Minor Faults Of Short Extension. |
| disc_yr: | 1975 |
| discr: | Gse |
| References: |
- Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF EGYPT, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF GHORABI NASSER AREAS - VOL. 1, TEXT BY B. EL NAASAN AND A. EL TAHLAWI
- Deposit:: AFIA, M.S., NESSIM, S., 1952, INT. REPORT NO. 3/54, GEO. SURVEY CAIRO
- Deposit:: EL SHAZLY E. M., 1959, INT. REPORT NO. 31/59, GEO. SURVEY CAIRO.
- Deposit:: EL SHAZLY, E.M., 1962, G.S.E. CAIRO, P. 50
- Deposit:: 1958 FIELD WORK ZAATOUT
- Deposit:: 1964 EXPLORATION MAHGOU AND AMER
- Deposit:: 1975 EXPLORATION ELNAASAN AND TAHLAWI
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