| Lat / long: | 29.0326, 28.50148 |
| 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 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| 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 |
| 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 |