Mine detail: Bahariya

Previously called 'El HeizBaharijaGebel GhorabiNasserEl GedidaEl-HarraEl Bahariya Oasis'

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Location

Lat / long: 24.09956, 32.90136

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Cliachite, Gibbsite, Hematite, Siderite
Gangue: Barite, Chalcedony, Dolomite, Halite, Psilomelane, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Other material: Pyrite
Discovery year: 0

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1950

Geology

Host type:Clay, Mud,Sandstone
Structure:Regional Precambrian Erosional Surface Is Gently Warped.

References

MRDSW032769
DEP10081070
Reference{Deposit:: NASSIM, G.L., 1950, THE OOLITHIC HEMATITE DEPOSITS OF EGYPT: ECON. GEOL., V. 45 P. 578-581.}{Deposit:: HUME, W.F., 1962, OOLITHIC IRON ORE NEAR ASWAN, IN HUME, GEOLOGY OF EGYPT, VOL. 3, PART 1, P. 312-320, CAIRO G.P.O.}{Deposit:: KAMEL, O.A., 1971, THE BAHARIYA IRON ORES, THEIR MINEROLOGY AND ORIGIN: ANNALS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY EGYPT, VOL. 1 P. 117-134.}{Deposit:: EL-HINNAWI, E.E., 1965, CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF EGYPTIAN (VAR) IRON ORES: ECON. GEOL., V. 60, P. 1497-1509.}{Deposit:: NAKHLA, F.M., 1961, THE IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF EL-BAHARIYA OASIS, EGYPT: ECON. GEOL., V. 56, P. 1103-1111}{Deposit:: GHEITH, A., 1956, MINERALOGY, THERMAL ANALYSIS AND ORIGIN OF THE BAHARIYA IRON ORES OF EGYPT: INTL. GEOL. CONG. XX, MEXICO, SECCION 13, P. 135-151}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S.