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The Bahariya Oasis Phosphate Occurrence,Gabel Hafhuf

Occurrence in Egypt with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079515
MRDS ID W029134
Record type Site
Current site name The Bahariya Oasis Phosphate Occurrence,Gabel Hafhuf

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 29.00148, 28.49929 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Analytical data

Result THE AVERAGE P2O5 CONTENT NOT EXCEED 10-12%

Nearby scientific data

(1) 29.00148, 28.49929
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDS
    Thickness 1.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Gse

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: GSE

  • Deposit

    HUME,W.F. 1927, THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IN EGYPT, GSE, EGYPT, CAIRO, PAPER NO.41

  • Deposit

    MOHARRAM,O., ETAL 1970, STUDIES ON SOME MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EGYPT ,GSE, EGYPT ,CAIRO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE QUALITY OF THE PHOSPHATE IS POOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Esmat U.S. Geological Survey

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

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