Mine detail: El Omayid Gypsum Quarry

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 30.78248, 29.16817

Resource(N)

Primary: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Tertiary: Limestone, General
Ore: Gypsum
Orebody form: LENSES AND BEDS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Structure:Lagoonal

References

MRDSW029158
DEP10079533
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: G.S.E.}{Deposit:: A.M. ABDALLAH, GEOLOGY OF SOME GYPSUM DEPOSITS IN THE NORTH WESTERN DESERT OF U.A.R., GEOL. SUR. AND MINERAL RESEARCH DEPT.}{Deposit:: M. GHANEM ABDEL AZIZ ET AL, EL OMAYID GYPSUM DEPOSIT, ANNALS OF THE G.S.E., VOL. 1, 1971}
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