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Djebel Ashara

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003791
MRDS ID AD00122
Record type Site
Current site name Djebel Ashara

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 34.00141, 28.53257 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 32 KM E 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 Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 1 SAMPLE
Result SILICA/INSOLUBLES 40.42%, FE + AL 4.92%, MN02 50.04%, LA TRACE, MG TRACE, LOI 9.46%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 34.00141, 28.53257
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

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 IN EGYPT. MANGANESO, MEXICO, 2: 143-171

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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