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Wadi El Gemal Ore Occurrence

Occurrence in Egypt with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079526
MRDS ID W029149
Record type Site
Current site name Wadi El Gemal Ore Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 34.94162, 24.68006 (WGS84)
Relative position 25 KM WEST OF THE RED SEA COAST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Comments on the location information

  • 180 KM S. OF QUSEIR TOWN, 130 KM S. OF UM GHEIG

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result PICKED ORE FROM: PB 75.3%: ZN TRACES: AT CONTACT WITH BROWN STAIN: PB 7.76%: ZN 0.96%: IN ALUVIUM NEARBY: PB TRACE: ZN TRACE:

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Metamorphic, Igneous Fragments In Alluvium
    Rock description Metamorphic, Igneous Fragments In Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Coastal Sedimentary Rocks
    Rock description Coastal Sedimentary Rocks
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) 34.94162, 24.68006
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Galena

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EGYPT: PAPER NO. 61

  • Deposit

    REPORT ON GENERALIZATION OF GEOLOGICAL DATA ON MINERAL RESOURCES OF U.A.R. CARRIED OUT UNDER CONTRACT 1247 (IN 1966-68) KOCHIN AND BASSYUNI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE IS NO DATA ON THE ORE OCCURRENCE EXCEPT THAT IT IS SIMILAR TO THE DEPOSIT AT UM GLEIG, BUT HAS A LIGHER LEAD CONTENT. THE ORE OCCURRENCE IS SMALL IN SCALE. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1992 Deyah Mohamed Tabarak U.S. Geological Survey

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