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Qena

Prospect in Egypt with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134562
MAS/MILS ID 7290000012
Record type Site
Current site name Qena
Alternate or previous names Nile Valley

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 32.86809, 26.16611 (WGS84)
Elevation 500
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 32.86809, 26.16611
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 830504

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN SITU ORE DENSITY 1.8 METRIC TONS/CUBIC METER (ASSUMED)
  • MINERALIZATION AS PHOSPHATIC PELLETS OF FLUORAPATITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1977

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Egyptian Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Egypt
    Year 1981

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Inferred 1500000000mt ore
    Total resources 1500000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 25.5 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • QUANTIFICATION OF DEPOSIT BASED ON SINGLE PRESS RELEASE
  • BRITISH SULPHUR REPORTED IN 1987 THAT THE TOTAL RESOURCES OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IN THE NILE VALLEY, INCLUDING QENA AND IDFU, TOTALLED 1.8 BIL MT, OF WHICH 800 MIL MT IS CONSIDERED MINEABLE.
  • INFERRED ONLY, NOT COSTED AND NOT INCLUDED IN STUDY.

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE NO KNOWN ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INFLUENCING POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS DESERT DEPOSIT CULTIVATED FARMLAND IN 5 TO 6 KM WIDE STRIP ALONG NILE RIVER AREA BEYOND NILE IS DESERT

Comments on other economic factors

  • THERE ARE PRESENTLY NO KNOWN PLANS TO DEVELOP THIS DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    EGYPTIAN EXPLORATION, MINING MAGAZINE, JAN 1978

  • Deposit

    BRITSH SULPHUR WORLD SURVEY #4, 1980.

  • Deposit

    EL-KAMMAR, A.M., MR. A. ZAYED AND S.A. AMER., RARE EARTHS OF

  • Deposit

    THE NILE VALLEY PHOSPHORITES, UPPER EGYPT, CHEMICAL

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY, 24 (1979), 69-81.

  • Deposit

    "EGYPTIAN EXPLORATION", MINING MAGAZINE, JAN., 1978.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, DEC 1977, P. 152

  • Deposit

    W.M. CATALOG, SURVEY & DIRECTORY NUMBER 1994, P. 191

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, OCT 1977, P. 355

  • Deposit

    UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, GEOLOGICAL

  • Deposit

    SURVEY, STUDIES ON SOME MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EGYPT, 1970

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS, FIFTH ED., LONDON, 1987, P. 94

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-APR-1995 Bitar U.S. Bureau of Mines

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