1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Wadi Fatima 0368

Producer in Saudi Arabia with commodity Iron
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086442
MRDS ID WA00020
Record type Site
Current site name Wadi Fatima 0368

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 39.60957, 21.4997 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Location From Mods Record No. 0368

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saudi Arabia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Saudi Arabia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 39.60957, 21.4997
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 25 DEGREES E (AVERAGE)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Production years 1950-1959

Mining district

District name Wadi Fatima

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES OF IRONSTONES ACCESSIBLE TO OPEN-PIT MINING ARE LIMITED BY THE RELATIVELY RAPID INCREASES IN OVERBURDEN THICKNESS BY THE APPROX. 25 DEGREE DIP. AREA 1, 31.2 M TONNES AT 45.3% FE; AREA 2, 17.2 M TONNES AT 47.8% FE; TOTAL, 48.4 M TONNES AT 46.2% FE, OF WHICH 15.0 M TONNES ARE OPEN-PITTABLE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: LARGE RESERVES OF LOW-GRADE PHOSPHATIC IRONSTONE HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN TWO MAIN AREAS. EXTENSIVE SMALL-SCALE FAULTING HAS OCCURRED IN BOTH AREAS, AND THE IRONSTONES ARE PROBABLY NOT AMENABLE TO UNDERGROUND MINING METHODS.

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 OOLITIC IRONSTONES, OF OLIGOCENE AGE, 1-5 M THICK AND CARRYING 41% TO 48% FE, OCCUPY TWO MAIN HORIZONS OVER A WIDE AREA. THE SEQUENCE IN WHICH THEY OCCUR IS UP TO 200 M THICK AND COMPRISES SANDSTONES, SHALES, SILTSTONES, CHERTS, AND TUFFS THAT DIP EASTWARDS AT BETWEEN 18 AND 35 DEGREES. THE PRINCIPAL IRON-CONTAINING MINERALS ARE HEMATITE AND GOETHITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site