Abu Tartur

Prospect in Egypt with commodities Sulfur-Pyrite, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  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. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207398
MRDS ID ISM0427
MAS/MILS ID 7290000009
Record type Site
Current site name Abu Tartur
Related records 10024692

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 30.03472, 25.43279 (WGS84)
Elevation 550
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 30.03472, 25.43279

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9M
    Depth to top 150M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 830510
  • Area 10862HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10862
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1898
Mining method Caving Methods - Longwall Caving
Milling method Flotation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arab Republic Of Egypt
    Interest 100
    Home office Egypt
    Year 1985

Production statistics

  • Year 1983
    Description Deposit Contains 25.6% P2o5 2360000 Mt Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 2360000mt 26wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PYRITE HAS RECOVERY POTENTIAL

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 325000000mt ore
    Indicated 325000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 650000000mt ore
    Inferred 383000000mt ore
    Total resources 1033000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 25.6 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1977
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Indicated 1000000000mt ore
    Inferred 1000000000mt ore
    Total resources 1000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 25 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1981

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 200M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method LONGWALL CAVING 10-108
    Percent Recovery 80
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 8
    Number of Adits 3
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 12000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1985
  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 200M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method LONGWALL CAVING 10-108
    Percent Recovery 80
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 8
    Number of Adits 3
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 24000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • PLATEAU 250-300 METERS ABOVE DESERT, FLAT SURFACE RAINFALL- TRACE SUMMER TEMP 45-50 DEGREES C, WINTER AS LOW AS 0 DEGREES C LAND UNDEVELOPED EXCEPT FOR OASES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF EGYPT, ANNALS, VOL VII, 1977

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINERALS YEARBOOK, USBM, 1981, P. 318.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, JUNE 9, 1989, P. 446.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, EGYPT, MINERAL PRODUCTION, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW -

  • Deposit

    1980, P 543

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, INVESTIGATION OF EGYPT'S ABU TARTUR PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSIT: PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM, NO 109, SEPTEMBER/

  • Deposit

    OCTOBER, 1980, P 32-39

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, MAJOR DEPOSITS OF PHOSPHATE FOUND BY OCCIDENTAL,

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, JULY, 1980, P 159

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS,

  • Deposit

    4TH EDITION, 1980

  • Deposit

    DE VOTO, R H AND STEVENS, D N, URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES, UNITED STATES AND THE FREE WORLD, U S, U S

  • Deposit

    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CONTRACT, GRAND JUNCTION, GJBX-110

  • Deposit

    (79), 1979, P 375-378

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL FERTILIZER DEVELOPMENT CENTER (IFDC), EVALUA-

  • Deposit

    TION OF ABU TARTUR PHOSPHATE MATERIALS FOR MANUFACTURE OF

  • Deposit

    SELECTED PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS, FOR EGYPTIAN GENERAL

  • Deposit

    EXECUTIVE ORGANIZATION FOR INDUSTRIAL AND MINING COMPLEXES

  • Deposit

    (IMC) CAIRO, MAY, 1980 - (NOT TO BE RELEASED WITHOUT SPONSOR

  • Deposit

    APPROVAL)

  • Deposit

    SAID, R, EDITOR, THE GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF

  • Deposit

    ABU TARTUR PHOSPHORITE DEPOSIT, WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT:

  • Deposit

    EGYPT, GEOL SURV ANN (EGY) VOL 7, 1977, P 130

  • Deposit

    USSR, STATE INSTITUTE OF MINING CHEMISTRY, GORCHIMPROJECT,

  • Deposit

    FEASIBILITY REPORT ON DEVELOPING THE PHOSPHORITE DEPOSIT

  • Deposit

    OF ABU TARTUR IN THE A R E, MOSCOW, 1974

  • Deposit

    USSR, STATE DESIGN INSTITUTE FOR MINING CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY,

  • Deposit

    SUPPLEMENT TO THE FEASIBILITY REPORT ON EXPLOITATION OF

  • Deposit

    ABU TARTUR PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT IN A R E, MOSCOW, 1975

  • Deposit

    U S BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK, WORLD REVIEW 1978-79

  • Deposit

    ZAGHLOUL, Z M, AND MABROUK, B, ON URANIUM IN DAKHLA AND

  • Deposit

    MAHAMID PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS: JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY, U A R,

  • Deposit

    VOL 8, NO 2, 1964, P 79-87

  • Deposit

    HERMINA, M H AND WASSEF A, GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION OF THE

  • Deposit

    LARGE PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT IN ABU TARTUR PLATEAU, THE

  • Deposit

    LIBYAN (WESTERN) DESERT, EGYPT, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF

  • Deposit

    EGYPT ANNALS, VOL V, 1975, P 87-98.

  • Deposit

    HERMINA, M H AND WASSEF A, EGYPTS ABU TARTUR PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS, MINING MAGAZINE, JULY 1976, P 31-36.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NOV 1976, P 26.

  • Deposit

    UAR MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, STUDIES OF SOME

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EGYPT, CONTRACT 1247, 1970, P 94-99

  • Deposit

    EXECUTIVE ORGANIZATION FOR THE IRON AND STEEL COMPLEX

  • Deposit

    A.R.E., EXTRACTS OF FEASIBILITY REPORT ON DEVELOPMENT

  • Deposit

    OF ABU TARTUR IN THE A.R.E., AUG 1975, 34 P.

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINING, AUG. 1984, P. 21.

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHOROUS & POTASSIUM, NO. 162, JULY/AUG 1989, P14.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, MAY 1990, P. 363.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT AREA = 10,862 HECTARES. MAXIMUM DEPTH TO MINERALIZED ZONE IS 286 METERS. MAXIMUM ORE ZONE THICKNESS 57 METERS. MINIMUM ORE ZONE THICKNESS 17 METERS. DIPS 0.5 TO 1 DEGREE- SUBHORIZONTAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-SEP-1996 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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