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Suez Area Clay Occurrence

Occurrence in Egypt with commodity Clay
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093798
MRDS ID W029129
Record type Site
Current site name Suez Area Clay Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 32.53477, 29.98249 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 KM FROM TOWN ON THE SUEZ-ISMALIA DESERT ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result CHEMICAL ANALYSIS: RANGES SIO2: 42.95 - 49.40%, FE2O3: 6.85 - 9.00%, SO3: 0.91 - 4.21%, TIO2: 0.98 - 1.63%, MGO: 1.24 - 2.21%, CL: 1.51 - 3.57%, AL2O3: 13.18 -17.17%, CAO: 1.79 - 4.93%, L.O.I: 14.93 - 22.3%, H2O 5.75 - 12.9%

Nearby scientific data

(1) 32.53477, 29.98249
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: GSE LABORATORIES

  • Deposit

    MANSOUR,M.S., KOTB. H, HASSH, A.K., 1976 GENERAL SURVEY OF THE BUILDING RAW MATERIAL, IN CANAL GOVERNRATE, INTERNAL REPORT NO. 7

  • Deposit

    1976 PROSPECTING G.S.E

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Gse U.S. Geological Survey

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