Sebaia

Producer in Egypt with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10135160
MAS/MILS ID 7290000087
Record type Site
Current site name Sebaia
Alternate or previous names Mostah Yassin, Sharawna, Oweiniya, Qurayat, Hagaria, West Sebalya

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 32.66828, 25.16638 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 32.66828, 25.16638

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REPORT ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF EGYPT. EGYPTIAN MINISTRY

  • Deposit

    OF FINANCE. CAIRO, 1922, 50 PP.

  • Deposit

    POTENTIAL MINERAL RESOURCES OF EGYPT. EGYPTIAN GEOLOGICAL

  • Deposit

    SURVEY AND MINING AUTHORITY. 1984, 144 PP.

  • Deposit

    BRITIUSH SULPHUR, LTD. WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS.

  • Deposit

    5TH ED., 1987, PP. 161-162.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. MINERAL RESOURCES DATA SYSTEM (MRDS)

  • Deposit

    1996.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. MINERALS AVAILABILITY DATA BASE, JUNE,

  • Deposit

    1995.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL MAP OF EGYPT. EGYPTIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MINING

  • Deposit

    AUTHORITY. 1979, 44 PP.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIRECTORY. METALS BULLETIN. 1ST. ED.,

  • Deposit

    1987.

  • Deposit

    A.M.A. WALI. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF EGYPT. PAPER 90-77

  • Deposit

    PRESENTED AT SME ANNUAL MEETING, SALT LAKE CITY, 1990.

  • Deposit

    F. HABASHI AND F.A. BASSYOUNI. MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARAB

  • Deposit

    COUNTRIES. CHEMECON PUB. (QUEBEC). 1982, PP. 18-27.

  • Deposit

    B.A. KOMHAUSER. TRIP REPORT-FIELD EVALUATION OF THE MINERAL

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIES OF EGYPT & ISRAEL. SEPT. 2-22, 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 65% P2O5. RES: 75MMT. OVERBURDEN 3M OF GRAVEL AND MUD FROM NILE RIVER. CAPACITY 481 KT/YR. OVERBURDEN VARIED FROM LOOSE GRAVEL TO HARD MATERIAL. MAXIMUM STRIPPING RATIO FOR OPEN PIT IS 13:1. MINES OPERATE 6 DAYS/WEEK, EITHER 2 OR 3 SHIFTS/DAY. DRILL & BLAST ON 2 SHIFTS. ORE TRANSPORTED TO ASSLUT, CAIRO, AND MANKABOT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1997 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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