Mine detail: Idfu Qena Phosphate District

Previously called 'Upper Nile Valley DepositsMohammed Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long:

25.74944, 33.00139

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	CHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE, RESIDUAL ENRICHMENT
Production size:	None
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1908

Geology

References

MRDS	ISM0426
DEP	60000684
Reference	{Deposit:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON}{Deposit:: HERMINA, M.H., 1974: REVIEW ON THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF EGYPT. 2ND ARAB CONFERENCE MINERAL RESOURCES, JEDDAH, PHOSPHATE SECTION, P.110-149}{Deposit:: YOUSEF, A.A. AND BIBAWY, T.A., 1977: BENEFICIATION OF THE LOW GRADE EGYPTIAN PHOSPHATES. PAPER PRESENTED ON AUGUST 3, 1977, GEOL. CONGR., LUSAKA}