Commodities
PrimaryTitanium, Metal, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formPOD/LENS
Materials
Ore mineralsIlmenite, Magnetite
GangueGoethite, Limonite, Spinel
Geology
Host rockGabbro
Associated rockGranite · Gabbros;Granites
StructureFaults Trending Nw-Se
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1961
Identification
Deposit ID10079519
MRDS IDW029141
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates24.13287, 35.10133
References
SRC.REF: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF EGYPTBASTA, E.Z., AND GIRGIS, 1968, THE TITANIFEROUS IRON ORE OF UMM EFFIN AREA, SOUTH EASTERN DESERT U.A.R. EGYPTIAN ACADEMY OF SCI., V. 21, P. 127-144, CAIRO1961 EXPLORATION AMER TI-FE LENSES1968 RESEARCH E.Z. BASTAT GIRGIS