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Manzallah Lake Gypsum Quarry

Prospect in Egypt with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079538
MRDS ID W029164
Record type Site
Current site name Manzallah Lake Gypsum Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 32.00148, 31.16577 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR MATTARIA VILLAGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 32.00148, 31.16577
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Lagoonal

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip HORIZONTAL
    Thickness 0.5M
    Length 10000M
    Width 10000M
    Depth to top 7M
    Depth to bottom 1.95M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ballah Gypsum Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 10000M
    Overall depth 1M
    Overall length 10000M
    Overall width 10000M

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 SQUARE KM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUARRIES REPORTS

  • Deposit

    REPORT ON GYPSUM DEPOSITS IN THE A.R.E. BY THE FIVE YEARS INDUSTRIAL PROGRAM EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RESERVES ARE ESTIMATED TO BE 500,000 TONS ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

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.

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