Mine detail: Bahariya

Location:	Al Buhayrah, Egypt, Africa
Lat / long:	24.09956, 32.90136
dep_id:	10081070
mrds_id:	W032769
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Cliachite, Gibbsite, Hematite, Siderite
gangue:	Barite, Chalcedony, Dolomite, Halite, Psilomelane, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
other_matl:	Pyrite
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
conc_proc:	Replacement; Weathering
ore_ctrl:	Sedimentary
Reporter:	Gassaway, Judith S.
hrock_type:	Clay, Mud,Sandstone
Structure:	Regional Precambrian Erosional Surface Is Gently Warped.
Year first produced:	1950
dy_ba:	<
disc_yr:	0
discr:	Ancient Egyptians
References:	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