Zabara

Producer in Egypt with commodities Emerald, Semiprecious Gemstone, Tin
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182942
MAS/MILS ID 7290000051
Record type Site
Current site name Zabara

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 34.68465, 24.74949 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Emerald Tertiary
Semiprecious Gemstone Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 34.68465, 24.74949

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BERYL IS THE SEMIPRECIOUS GEMSTONE MINED. ZONE 1-20M THICK IN MICA SCHIST. INTERMITTENT PRODUCER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    R. SAID. THE GEOLOGY OF EGYPT. A.A. BALKEMA (ROTTERDAM).

  • Deposit

    1990, PP. 511-566.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1996.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL MAP OF EGYPT. EGYPTIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MINING

  • Deposit

    AUTHORITY. 1979, 44 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-MAR-1997 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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