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Tura

Producer in Egypt with commodity Limestone, General
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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 10208353
MAS/MILS ID 7290000069
Record type Site
Current site name Tura
Alternate or previous names Tourah

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 31.26816, 29.93248 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 31.26816, 29.93248
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • OLD QUARRY SITE REPORTED TO BE CLOSED IN 1992. PLANT HAS A CAPACITY OF 1.4MT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REPORT ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF EGYPT. EGYPTIAN MINISTRY

  • Deposit

    FINANCE. CAIRO, 1922, 50 PP.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF EGYPT. T.P.

  • Deposit

    DOLLEY. CH. IN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1993, PP. 41-45.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-MAR-1997 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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