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Wadi Mialik

Past Producer in Egypt with commodity Manganese
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097584
MRDS ID AD00125
Record type Site
Current site name Wadi Mialik

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 35.30133, 24.1662 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result DATA FROM SHIPMENT
Result MNO2 90.16%, MNO 1.10%, FE203 0.46%, SIO2 1.20%, BAO 1.58%, AL203 0.10%, CAO 1.97%, MGO 0.06%, P205 0.102% AS TRACE
Result CUO 0.027%, PBO O%, ZN 0%, CO 0%, NI 0%, CIO TRACE, O2 0.92%, COMBINED WATER 1.57%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) 35.30133, 24.1662
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS, SOMETIMES AS CAVITY FILLINGS OF COUNTRY ROCK
    Strike NW-SE
    Dip 45-(90)SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1934

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hamata Mining Co.
    First year 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ATTIA, M.I., 1956. MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EGYPT. MANGANESO, MEXICO, 2: 143-171

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CROSS-CUT ALL OTHER FORMATIONS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Pracejus, Bernard.M. Adelaide University

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

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