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Rashid

Producer in Egypt with commodities Iron, Salt
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  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 10208271
MAS/MILS ID 7290000056
Record type Site
Current site name Rashid
Alternate or previous names Rosetta, Damietta

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.38479, 31.4158 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Salt Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 30.38479, 31.4158
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCES BOTH SODIUM CARBONATE AND SULFATE. ORE DEPOSITED BY EVAPORATION. PRODUCES SALT, NO IRON PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1990, PP. 511-566.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MIMES. MINERALS AVAILABILITY DATA BASE.

  • Deposit

    JUNE 1995.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL MAP OF EGYPT. EGYPTIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MINING

  • Deposit

    AUTHORITY. 1979, 44 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-MAR-1997 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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