Mine detail: Ghorabi Iron Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

29.0326, 28.50148

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Goethite, Hematite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Aragonite, Barite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Chamosite, Cliachite, Dolomite, Gibbsite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Siderite
Orebody form:	LAYERED, BLANKET
Discovery year:	1975

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Bahiriya Formation, Composed Of Alternating Bands Of Sandstone, Sandy Clays And Clays With Angular Ferruginous Bands, Which Underlies The Iron Bed With Angular Unconformity
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Sandstone
Structure:	Transverse Faults Trending East-West Cut Across Gabel Ghorabi, Minor Faults In The Southern And Northern Part Of Gabel Ghorabi. A Set Of Step Faults Trending East-West Cut Across The Southern Ghorabi Iron Beds
Tectonic:	The Ore Lie Unconformably Above The Eroded Surface Of Bahariya
Alteration processes:	Siderite Altered To Hydrogoethite

References

MRDS	W029177
DEP	10079548
Reference	{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF EGYPT-IRON ORE DEPOSITS-OF GHORABI NASSER AREAS-VOL1 TEXT BY B.EL NAASAN AND A.EL TAHLAWI}{Deposit:: AFIA, M.S. AND NESSIN, S. 1952 INT REPORT NO. 3/54 GEO. SURV. CAIRO}{Deposit:: EL SHAZLY, E.M. 1959 INT REPORT NO. 31/59 GEO. SURV. CAIRO}{Deposit:: EL SHAZLY, E.M. 1962 G.S.E. CAIRO. P.50}{Deposit:: 1952 FIELD WORK AFIA AND NESSIM}{Deposit:: 1958 FIELD WORK ZAATOUT}{Deposit:: 1962 FIELD WORK EL SHAZLY}
Reporter	Tabarak