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Dirbat Well

Producer in Sudan with commodity Wollastonite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106726
MRDS ID I000056
Record type Site
Current site name Dirbat Well

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 36.50127, 19.91652 (WGS84)
Relative position 140 KM NW FROM PORT SUDAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sudan(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Sudan

Comments on the location information

  • IN KHOR HAIET IN NORTHEASTERN RED SEA HILLS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Wollastonite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WOLLASTONITE FORMS FINE NEEDLES TO PRISMATIC CRYSTALS UP TO 1.5 INCHES LONG.S

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wollastonite Ore
Diopside Gangue
Vesuvianite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphism, Metasomatism

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 65
USGS model code 18g
Deposit model name Skarn wollastonite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 36.50127, 19.91652
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1958

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES INCLUDE 38 WOLLASTONITE-RICH LENSES (ASSUMMED TO BE SHALLOW) AND ADDITIONAL TONNAGE FROM 33 CALCAREOUS LENSES USING SELECTIVE MINING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDREWS, R.W., 1970, WOLLASTONITE: LONDON, INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 114 P.

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1975, WOLLASTONITE, IN LEFOND, S.J., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS, 4TH EDITION: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 1230.

  • Deposit

    DE KUN, N., 1987, MINERAL ECONOMICS OF AFRICA: NEW YORK, ELSEVIER, 345 P.

  • Production

    ANDREWS, 1970.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANDREWS, 1970; 1987 FIGURE IS FROM DE KUN.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WOLLASTONITE OCCURS IN LARGE LENTICULAR MASSES UP TO 100 FT LONG. OUTCROPS WEATHER TO A BUFF COLOR AND IN A BOULDERY PATTERN SLIGHTLY ABOVE SURROUNDING TERRANE. THERE ARE 38 WOLLASTONITE-RICH LENSES IN A 7 SQ MILE AREA; THERE ARE 33 CALCAREOUS LENSES WITH LESS WOLLASTONITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1989 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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