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Jebel Eyob, Tokar ?

Occurrence in Sudan with commodity Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055811
MRDS ID SP00009
Record type Site
Current site name Jebel Eyob, Tokar ?
Alternate or previous names Jebel Ayoub, Djebel Ayoub, Jabal Ayob

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 36.20126, 18.00002 (WGS84)
Relative position 20 KM SOUTHEAST OF IMASA RAILWAY STATION WHICH IS SW OF PORT SUDAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sudan(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Sudan

Comments on the location information

  • COMPLETE STATE NAME IS RED SEA HILLS PROVINCE. POINT OF REFERENCE IS IMASA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • JOINT PILOT PROJECT BETWEEN SUNDANESE MINING CORP. (A GOVERNMENT AGENCY), THE BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES (FRANCE), AND THE SAUDI ARABIAN GOVERNMENT TO EVALUATE THE COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL OF THESE DEPOSITS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 36.20126, 18.00002
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Proterozoic Granite Intrusion

Comments on the geologic information

  • WOLFRAMINTE AND SCHEELITE OCCUR IN QUARTZ VEIN STOCKWORKS IN GREISENIZED GRANITE OVER AN AREA OF 1 KM2.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1981

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION IN 1983 BY MINEX MINING CO., AND THE JORDAN-BASED, ARAB MINING COMPANY (OWNED BY THE ARAB LEAGUE). THE DEPOSIT WAS SAID TO CONTAIN 150,000 T OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATE AND PLANS FOR MINING IT WERE UNDER CONSIDERATION IN EARLY 1983.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONNOR, K., THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SUDAN, PREPRINT FROM THE 1982 UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 5.. . SHADDAD, M. Z., 1983, SUDAN, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1983, LONDON MINING JOURNAL LTD., P. 431.. . AHMED, A.A.M., 1979, GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF THE RED SEA HILLS, SUDAN, MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND MINING, GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, BULLETIN NO. 30, P. 45

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Werner, Antony Mineral Policy Sector, Dept. of Energy Mines & Resources, Ottawa, Canada

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

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