Description
The Ancient Egyptians
Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlSphalerite
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueCovellite, Marcasite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Dacite
Associated rockRhyolite,Dacite · Wadi Um Somiuki Volcanks;Basic And Intermediate Lava
StructureFirst Main Deformation Associated With Recumbent Fault Nw-Se.Second Deformation Associated With Thrust Faulting Wnw-Ese .Minor Movement Associated With Symmetrical Folds W-E. Minor Movement Assocyated With Lineation Ne-Sw. Normal Faulting With Some Sinistral Movement Nw-Se,W-E, Wsw-Ese.
AlterationCarbonization, Epidotization, Chloritization, Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10079522
MRDS IDW029145
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates24.23703, 34.81801
References
SRC.REF: (PAPER NUMBER 61), MINERAL DEPOSITS IN EGYPT (UNDER INVESTIGATIONPAPER NO.61 MINERAL DEPOSITS IN EGYPT PUBLISHED BY GSE 1974REPORT ON GENERALIZATION OF GEOLOGICAL DATA ON MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.A.R. CARRIED UNDER CONTRACT 1247 IN 1966-68 BY KOCHIN AND BASSYUNI1959-1960 GEOPHYIC, GEOLOGIC, MINNING, MAPPING 1:10001967 STOLZBERGER ZINK AG WAS OFFICIALLY CHARGED WITH CARRYING OUT SURFACE UNDERGROUND CORE DRILLING AND GEOLOGICAL METHALLURGICAL AND ORE TREATMENT WORKS