Commodities
PrimaryIron, Sulfur
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLENTICULAR, STRATABOUND
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockChert
Tectonic settingNajran Precratonic Tectonic Province
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10086441
MRDS IDWA00019
RegionAS
Data scoreC
Coordinates18.34993, 44.11781
References
SMITH, E.A., BARNES, D.P., JOHNSON, P.R., BOGNAR, B., GARFIELD, L., AND SCHEIBNER, E., 1984, A REVIEW OF THE GEOLOGY, MINERALIZATION, AND MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA: KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERAL RESOURCES, DEPUTY MINISTRY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES, OPEN FILE REPORT RF-OF-05-1