Mine detail: Wadi Ash Shatti

Previously called 'Wadi Shatti'

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Location

Lat / long: 27.43283, 14.21829

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Other material: Chlorite, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Quartz, Siderite
Discovery year: 1936

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Prospect

Geology

References

MAS7250000001
DEP10239154
Reference{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL RESEARCH SERVICE. OCT. 6, 1994. RREPORT}{Deposit:: COMPILED FOR LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB.}{Deposit:: STEEL INFORMATION SERVICE. ARAB IRON & STEEL UNION. 1994.}{Deposit:: SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESORUCES. UNITED NATIONS. 1970.}{Deposit:: PP. 64-66.}{Deposit:: ROSKILL PUBLICATION SERVICES. LTD. VARIOUS COMMODITY REPORT}{Deposit:: 1988-1992.}{Deposit:: U.S LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. LIBYA: A COUNTRY STUDY. 1987,}{Deposit:: PP. 134-139.}{Deposit:: G.H. GOUDARZI. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LIBYA-A}{Deposit:: RECONNAISSANCE. USGS PROF. PAPER 660, 1970, 104 PP.}{Deposit:: M.J. SALEM AND M.T. BUSREWIL (ED) THE GEOLOGY OF LIBYA.}{Deposit:: VOL. III, 1994, PP. 993-1107.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE. PLANS FOR MINING ORE IN LIBYA, BY M.K.}{Deposit:: ALY. APR. 1981, PP. 320-322.}{Deposit:: HANGARI, K.M., AHMAD, S.N., AND PERRY, JR., E.C., CARBON AND}{Deposit:: OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS IN DIAGENETIC SIDERITE AND MAGNETITE}{Deposit:: FROM UPPER DEVONIAN IRONSTONE, WADI SHATTI DISTRICT,}{Deposit:: LIBYA, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 75, 1980, PP 538-545/}{Deposit:: ALY, M.K., PLANS FOR MINING IRON ORE IN LIBYA, MINING}{Deposit:: MAGAZINE, APRIL, 1981, PP 320-322.}{Deposit:: ALY, M.K., MINING OF THE WADI SHATTI IRON ORE DEPOSITS,}{Deposit:: LIBYA (A SYNOPSIS), CIM BULLETIN, APRIL, 1980, PP 80-81.}{Deposit:: GOUDARZI, G.H., A GEOLOGIC REPORT ON THE IRON DEPOSIT OF THE}{Deposit:: SHATTI VALLEY AREA OF THE FEZZAN PROVINCE, LIBYA, USGS,}{Deposit:: NOVEMBER, 1958, 39 P.}
ReporterWilburn, David R.