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Occurrence in Egypt with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003790
MRDS ID AD00121
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed
Alternate or previous names Djebel Musa Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 34.00141, 28.53257 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 15KM ENE OF DJEBEL MUSA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result 1 SAMPLE
Result 44.87% MN02, 9.30% FE203

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 34.00141, 28.53257
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Within Pegmatite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name South Central Sinai

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ATTIA, M.I., 1956. MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EGYPT. MANGANESO, MEXICO, 2: 143-171

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL PARALLEL VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Pracejus, Bernard.M. Adelaide University

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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