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As Safra 0002

Past Producer in Saudi Arabia with commodities Copper, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086437
MRDS ID WA00008
Record type Site
Current site name As Safra 0002

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 41.88901, 24.20586 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Location From Mods Record No. 0002

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saudi Arabia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Saudi Arabia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result PRINCIPAL DRILLHOLE INTERSECTIONS: SE 3: 7.00 M AT 2.21% CU, 0.78% ZN, 6.0 G/T AG
Result SE 4: 6.00 M AT 1.08% CU, 0.22% ZN
Result 4.70 M AT 1.76% CU, 0.10% ZN, 11.0 G/T AG

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 41.88901, 24.20586
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 0

Mining district

District name As Safra

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Currently Held Under Exploration Licence By Graenges International Mining.
    First year 1984

Comments on the workings information

  • ANCIENT WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE AS SAFRA SHEAR ZONE HAS GOOD EXPLORATION POTENTIAL FOR MASSIVE AND STRINGER OR STOCKWORK SULPHIDE DEPOSITS; OTHER OCCURRENCES WITHIN THE ZONE INCLUDE MODS REC. NOS. 33, 338, AND 1492-1497.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, E.A., BARNES, D.P., JOHNSON, P.R., BOGNAR, B., GARFIELD, L., AND SCHEIBNER, E., 1984, A REVIEW OF THE GEOLOGY, MINERALIZATION, AND MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA: KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERAL RESOURCES, DEPUTY MINISTRY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES, OPEN-FILE REPORT RF-OF-05-1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: ANCIENT
Deposit DISSEMINATED PYRRHOTITE AND CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE; MINOR GALENA AND TELLURIDES OCCUR WITHIN SHEARED PYRITIC SERICITE-CHLORITE-ALTERED METAVOLCANICS AT THE BRECCIATED CONTACT OF FELSIC TUFFS AND MARBLE. THIS OCCURRENCE IS ONE OF A SERIES OF PROSPECTS IN THE AS SAFRA SHEAR ZONE THAT SHARE THE SAME STRATIGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-91 Jenness, Jane E. U.S. Geological Survey

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