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Um Ud Gold Mine

Past Producer in Egypt with commodity Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079500
MRDS ID W029111
Record type Site
Current site name Um Ud Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 34.69441, 24.80893 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 KM S OF SUKARI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result PRESENT IN THE AURIFEROUS VEINS ARE: ALUMINUM, IRON, MAGNESIUM, VANADIUM, GOLD, SILVER, TIN, COPPER, COBALT, ZINC, AND LEAD.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Dykes Of Porphyrite;Dark Crystalline Schists
    Rock description Dykes Of Porphyrite;Dark Crystalline Schists
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) 34.69441, 24.80893
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Main Structures Run Parallel To The Red Sea Graben.
Type of structure Local
Structure description The Main Vein Is Complicated On Both Sides By Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 0.9M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization In Quartz Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE IS MAINLY CONFINED TO TWO SERIES OF GOLD BEARING QUARTZVEINS RUNNING PERPENDICULAR TO ONE ANOTHER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 0
Year of first production 0

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 SHAFTS AND A SERIES OF ADITS AND DRIFTS DRIVEN AT 7 DIFFERENT LEVELS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATIONS RESUMED 1941

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: OSMAN MOHARRAM AND OTHERS, 1970 STUDIES ON SOME MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EGYPT, CONTRACT NO. 1247.

  • Deposit

    M.B EL KADI, JUNE 1976, A REVIEW OF THE PROMISING GOLD BEARING DEPOSIT. EASTERN DESERT, EGYPT.

  • Deposit

    OSMAN MOHARRAM AND OTHERS, 1970, STUDIES ON SOME MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EGYPT, CONTRACT NO. 1247.

  • Deposit

    1941 EXPLOITATION HAWARY

  • Deposit

    1941 PRODUCTION

  • Deposit

    1967 EXPLOITATION GEOLOGY DEPT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MAIN LODE OCCURS IN A 7 METER THICK ZONE OF STRIATED AND LARGELY CRUSHED SCHISTS WHICH EXTENDS IN NORTH-WESTERN DIRECTION FOR A DISTANCE OF 400 METERS WITH AN AVERAGE THICKNESS AMOUNTING TO 0.45 METERS. THE EXPOSED PART OF THE MAIN VEIN CONTAINS FROM 19.22 TO 107.26 GM/T. THE PROVED ORE RESERVES OF THE MAIN VEIN AMOUNT TO 10130 TONS WITH AN AVERAGE GOLD CONTENT OF 23.85GM/T AND POOR ORE OF 443 TONS WITH AN AVERAGE GOLD CONTENT OF 10.1 GM/T. THE PROBABLE RESERVES AMOUNT TO 3774 TONS WITH AVERAGE GOLD CONTENT OF 23.25 GM/T. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Nabil U.S. Geological Survey

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