El Ballah Gypsum Quarry

Past Producer in Egypt with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079529
MRDS ID W029152
Record type Site
Current site name El Ballah Gypsum Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 32.21813, 30.73245 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Comments on the location information

  • 20 KM. NORTH OF EL ISMALIA CITY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Analytical data

Result CASO4=90% COMBINED S WITH H2O=5.8% NACL=0.24% CLAY=0.08% SILT AND SAND=1.76%

Nearby scientific data

(1) 32.21813, 30.73245

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Lagoonal

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.12M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ballah Gypsum Comp.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE AREA IS 20,000 FEDAN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: G.S.E. LABORATORIES

  • Deposit

    QUARRIES REPORTS

  • Deposit

    SPECIFICATION OF ORES, THE EGYPTIAN GENERAL ORGANIZATION FOR MINING AND GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH

  • Deposit

    REPORT ON GYPSUM DEPOSITS IN EGYPT BY THE FIVE YEARS INDUSTRIAL PROGRAM EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Adel U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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