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Wadi El Dabbah Iron Ore Occurrence

Occurrence in Egypt with commodity Iron
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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. Ore body information
  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 10079543
MRDS ID W029170
Record type Site
Current site name Wadi El Dabbah Iron Ore Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 34.33469, 25.59944 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Comments on the location information

  • 19 KM S OF WADI KAREIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLUORITE IS THE ONLY COMMODITY RECOVERED AT THIS MINE. A DARK COLORED, FINE GRAINED AND DISSEMINATED OCCURRENCE AS "BLOCK SPAR" IN DOLOMITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result SURFACE SAMPLE: FE=35.4%, FE2O3=43.42%, FEO=6.52%, SIO2=34.62%
Result CORE SAMPLE: FE=31.96%, FE2O3=30.68%, FEO=13.27%, SIO2=37.57%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) 34.33469, 25.59944
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 11M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer G.S.E.

Comments on the production information

  • FIRST YEAR OF PRODUCTION NOT KNOWN. ESTIMATES PRIOR TO 1970 NOT POSSIBLE. ACCURATE PRODUCTION DATA NOT AVAILABLE. ESTIMATES BASED ON INDUSTRY INDICATORS AND MINERALS BUREAU COUNTRY TOTALS. ; NO PRODUCTION DATA AVAILABLE ; NO FLUORSPAR PRODUCTION IN 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • SEE DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSIT COMMENTS. HAND LABOR USED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY, FOLLOWING IN-PIT BLASTING. ORE IS HAND SORTED AND COBBED PRIOR TO TRANSPORTATION TO CRUSHING AND FLOTATION CIRCUIT.

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 0.10 MIL. MET. T/YR. ; ECON.COM: A SMALL, AND OCCASIONALLY INTERMITTENT OPERATION. THE MINE CONSISTS OF SEVERAL SEPARATE OPEN CUTS IN DOLOMITE-IMPREGNATED FLUORSPAR. SELECTIVE MINING IS A REQUIREMENT. LABOR INTENSIVE, HAND-MINING METHODS USED. BENEFICIATION: WASHING, SCREENING AND FLOTATION. AN OLD MINE, WITH LIMITED OUTLOOK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABDALLAH, A.M. AND DARDIR, A.A. 1971: THE TECTONICS OF THE IRON ORE DEPOSIT OF WADI EL DABBAH IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE E.D. OF EGYPT. INSTITUTE GEO. SURV. BULL.

  • Deposit

    DARDIR, A.A., 1966: GEOLOGY OF WADI EL DABBAH IRON ORE DEPOSIT, E.D. OF EGYPT.M. SC. THESIS ASSUIT UNIV. EGYPT. 180P.

  • Deposit

    FRIED, KRUPP 1962: IRON ORE DEPOSIT, KOSSEIR(UPPER EGYPT) SPECIAL V.2 WADI DABBAH IRON ORE DEPOSIT

  • Deposit

    SALEEH, G.S. 1968: A GEOSTATISTICAL STUDY OF IRON ORES OF DABBAH. E.D.J. GEOL. UR.A. V.12 NO. 1 P.33-41

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION MERGED FROM RECORD NUMBER W030979 ; W032313 ; W032965 ; W033050
Deposit ESTIMATED ORE IS 6 MILLION TONS WITH IRON CONTENT 31-39% ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT
Deposit MAX. THICKNESS NOT KNOWN. DEPTH TO TOP REFERS TO DEPTH FROM OUTCROP TO CURRENT MINING DEPTH. ULTIMATE PLANNED MINING DEPTH NOT KNOWN. NEITHER STRIKE, DIRECTION OF DIP NOR OTHER INFORMATION RELATED TO DEPOSIT MEASUREMENTS ARE KNOWN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Adel U.S. Geological Survey

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