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Medinet Negrus

Producer in Egypt with commodity Semiprecious Gemstone
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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 10280630
MAS/MILS ID 7290000035
Record type Site
Current site name Medinet Negrus
Alternate or previous names Sakait

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 34.78464, 24.6664 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Semiprecious Gemstone Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 34.78464, 24.6664
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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

  • DUMP SITES VISIBLE, WORKED IN ANCIENT TIMES. PRODUCTION FROM ROMAN TIMES IN SCHISTS. INTERMITTENT PRODUCER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REPORT ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF EGYPT. EGYPTIAN MINISTRY

  • Deposit

    OF FINANCE. CAIRO, 1922, 50 PP.

  • 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 17-JAN-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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