Occurrence

Wadi El Dabbah Iron Ore Occurrence

Egypt
Iron
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Description

G.S.E.

Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Magnetite
Geology
Host rockMetasedimentary Rock
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10079543
MRDS IDW029170
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates25.59944, 34.33469
References
ABDALLAH, A.M. AND DARDIR, A.A. 1971: THE TECTONICS OF THE IRON ORE DEPOSIT OF WADI EL DABBAH IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE E.D. OF EGYPT. INSTITUTE GEO. SURV. BULL.DARDIR, A.A., 1966: GEOLOGY OF WADI EL DABBAH IRON ORE DEPOSIT, E.D. OF EGYPT.M. SC. THESIS ASSUIT UNIV. EGYPT. 180P.FRIED, KRUPP 1962: IRON ORE DEPOSIT, KOSSEIR(UPPER EGYPT) SPECIAL V.2 WADI DABBAH IRON ORE DEPOSITSALEEH, G.S. 1968: A GEOSTATISTICAL STUDY OF IRON ORES OF DABBAH. E.D.J. GEOL. UR.A. V.12 NO. 1 P.33-41