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Jabal Sayid 0001

Past Producer in Saudi Arabia with commodities Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  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 10086445
MRDS ID WA00023
Record type Site
Current site name Jabal Sayid 0001
Alternate or previous names Jabal Said

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 40.93735, 23.84395 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Location From Mods Record Number 0001

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saudi Arabia(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Saudi Arabia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) 40.93735, 23.84395
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Folding And Faulting Have Caused Considerable Structural Complexity.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jabal Said

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OREBODY 1: 3.7 M TONNES AT 2.10% CU OREBODY 2: 2.5 M TONNES AT 2.99% CU OREBODY 4: 17.4 M TONNES AT 2.55% CU

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE POTENTIAL (1984) IS GOOD, BOTH FOR INCREASING THE TONNAGE OF THE KNOWN DEPOSITS AND FOR LOCATING NEW, BLIND DEPOSITS ELSEWHERE IN THE DISTRICT; FURTHER DETAILED WORK IS REQUIRED. UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT, TO INVESTIGATE GRADE MINERALIZATION AT DEPTH IN OREBODY 4, IS PLANNED.

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 FOUR BODIES OF MASSIVE, DESSEMINATED-BRECDIA AND STRINGER TYPE SULPHIDES, CONSISTING MAINLY OF PYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE, WITH ACCESSORY CHALCOPYRITE AND SPHALERITE AND SUBORDINATE GALENA AND TELLURIDES, OCCUR AT OR NEAR THE TOP OF A PILE OF PREDOMINANTLY FRAGMENTAL FELSIC VOLCANIC ROCKS. THEY OCCUPY A BED MARKED BY CHEMICAL SEDIMENTS - CHERT, JASPER, CHARBONATES AND SULPHIDES - OVERLAIN BY ARGILLITES, RHYOLITIC FLOWS, IGNIMBRITES AND FINE-GRAINED CRYSTAL AND LAPILLI TUFFS. THE MINERALIZATION APPEARS TO BE RELATED TO SCHISTOSE QUARTZ-PORPHYROIDAL ROCKS AND A NEARBY RHYOLITIC PROTRUSION.
Deposit Discovery Year: ANCIENT

Reporter information

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

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