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Wasi Wassat 0617

Past Producer in Saudi Arabia with commodities Iron, Sulfur
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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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086441
MRDS ID WA00019
Record type Site
Current site name Wasi Wassat 0617

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 44.11781, 18.34993 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Location From Mods Record Number 0617

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saudi Arabia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Saudi Arabia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) 44.11781, 18.34993
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, STRATABOUND
    Length 4000M
    Width 20M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wadi Wassat

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 107.5 M TONNES (TO 100 M DEPTH) AT 40.0% FE, 35.0% S

Comments on development

  • ALTHOUGH A SIGNIFICANT TONNAGE OF SULPHIDE MATERIAL HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL CONTENTS ARE VERY LOW. THE IRON AND SULPHUR CONTENT OF THE DEPOSIT ARE NOT CONSIDERED (1984) TO BE COMMERCIALLY EXPLOITABLE.

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 MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED PYRITE, AND MINOR PYRRHOTITE, FORM LENTICULAR, STRATABOUND DEPOSITS IN CHERTY SEDIMENTARY ROCKS IN A SEQUENCE OF CALCAREOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, PYROCLASTIC ROCKS AND ANDESITE FLOWS. THE SULPHIDE LENSES OCCUR IN A ZONE NEARLY 16 KM LONG, ARE UP TO 20 M WIDE, AND CAN BE FOLLOWED ALONG STRIKE, INDIVIDUALLY, FOR OVER 4 KM. PYRRHOTITE, REPLACING PYRITE, IS MAINLY FOUND ADJACENT TO INTRUSIVE BODIES (GABBRO, DIORITE, GRANODIORITE, DIABASE, RHYOLITE AND GRANITE); SOME REMOBILIZATION INTO FRACTURES HAS ALSO OCCURRED. OXIDATION OF THE SULPHIDES, TO A DEPTH OF AROUND 25 M., HAS RESULTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXTENSIVE SURFACE GOSSANS.

Reporter information

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

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