Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLAYERED, BLANKET
Materials
Ore mineralsGoethite, Hematite
GangueAnkerite, Aragonite, Barite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Chamosite, Cliachite, Dolomite, Gibbsite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Siderite
Geology
Host rockClay, Mud,Sandstone · Bahiriya Formation, Composed Of Alternating Bands Of Sandstone, Sandy Clays And Clays With Angular Ferruginous Bands, Which Underlies The Iron Bed With Angular Unconformity
StructureTransverse Faults Trending East-West Cut Across Gabel Ghorabi, Minor Faults In The Southern And Northern Part Of Gabel Ghorabi. A Set Of Step Faults Trending East-West Cut Across The Southern Ghorabi Iron Beds
Tectonic settingThe Ore Lie Unconformably Above The Eroded Surface Of Bahariya
AlterationSiderite Altered To Hydrogoethite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1975
Identification
Deposit ID10079548
MRDS IDW029177
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.0326, 28.50148
References
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF EGYPT-IRON ORE DEPOSITS-OF GHORABI NASSER AREAS-VOL1 TEXT BY B.EL NAASAN AND A.EL TAHLAWIAFIA, M.S. AND NESSIN, S. 1952 INT REPORT NO. 3/54 GEO. SURV. CAIROEL SHAZLY, E.M. 1959 INT REPORT NO. 31/59 GEO. SURV. CAIROEL SHAZLY, E.M. 1962 G.S.E. CAIRO. P.501952 FIELD WORK AFIA AND NESSIM1958 FIELD WORK ZAATOUT1962 FIELD WORK EL SHAZLY