Mine detail: Baid Al Jimalah

Previously called 'B*d Al Jimalah'

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Location

Lat / long: 25.1494, 42.68455

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten, Tin
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite
Discovery year: 1980

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Murdama Group
Host type:Siltstone,Sandstone
Structure:Small Pluton Of Late Proterozoic Porphyritic Granite And Associated Hornfels .
Tectonic:Intracratonic

References

MRDSISM0551
DEP10024799
Reference{Deposit:: LOFTS,P.G., 1986, B*D AL JIMALAH TUNGSTEN PROJECT, NAJD REGION, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, IN A.R. DRYSDALL,C.R. RAMSAY, AND D.B. STOESER, (EDS.), FELSIC PLUTONIC ROCKS AND ASSOCIATED MINERALIZATION OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, JO URNAL OF AFRICAN EARCH SCIENCES, VOL. 4, P. 229-236.}{Deposit:: COLE,J.C., 1981, STRUCTURE, LATERAL ZONATION AND GENESIS OF A PROTEROZOIC STOCKWORK TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERI CA, ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS 1981, VOL. 13, NO. 7, P. 429.}{Deposit:: KAMILLI,R.J., 1986, GENESIS AND EVOLUTION OF THE BAID AL JIMALAH TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA; SAUDI ARABIAN DEPUTY MINISTRY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES TECHNICAL RECORD UGSG-TR 06-2, 54P.}{Deposit:: ELLIOTT,J.E. AND COLE,J.C., 1986, BAID AL JIMALAH WEST TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT - R ESULTS OF TRENCH EXCAVATION, SAMPLING AND DETAILED MAPPING, KINGDOM OF SAUDI AR ABIA; SAUDI ARABIAN DEPUTY MINISTRY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES TECHNICAL RECORD USGS -TR 06-3, 43 P.}{Deposit:: SMITH, E.A., BARNES, D.P., JOHNSON, P.R., BOGNAR, B., GARFIELD, L., AND SCHEIBNER, E., 1984, A REVIEW OF THE GEOLOGY, MINERALIZATION, AND MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA: KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERAL RESOURCES, DEPUTY MINISTRY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES, OPEN-FILE REPORT RF-OF-05-1.}
ReporterSinclair, W.David