Kharga Area

Unknown in Egypt with commodities Aluminum, Magnesite, 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 10232125
MAS/MILS ID 7290000079
Record type Site
Current site name Kharga Area
Alternate or previous names Abu Tartur

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.03472, 25.43279 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 30.03472, 25.43279

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REPORT ON TH 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

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

  • Deposit

    1990, PP. 511-566.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR, LTD. WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL MINING REVIEW 1995. MINING JOURNAL, NOV. 1995, PP.

  • Deposit

    151-152.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    JUNE 1995.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SURVEYS SERIES, 1994, 8 PP.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 35-65% P2O5 SALTS RECOVERED SINCE ROMAN TIMES. OASIS CONNECTED TO NILE RIVER BY 180KM RAILWAY. PLANS CALL FOR 2.2MMT PRODUCTION AT 31% P2O5 (1994). DEVELOPMENT DELAYED BY LOW PRICE OF PHOSPHATE. ABU TARTUR LOCATED ABOUT 50 MAP MINUTES W. OF OASIS. ORE TO BE MINED BY UNDERGROUND LONGWALL METHODS. BLASTINTG OF ORE WOULD BE LIMITED. REPORTED RESERVES OF 988MMT @ CUTOFF OF 23% P2O5. NOT CURRENTLY OPERATING AT FULL PRODUCTION LEVEL. DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED BUT FINANCING NOT YET SECURED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAR-1997 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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