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Abu El-Darag

Producer in Egypt with commodities Silica, 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 10304585
MAS/MILS ID 7290000082
Record type Site
Current site name Abu El-Darag

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 32.56813, 29.3659 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Tertiary
Limestone, General Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 32.56813, 29.3659
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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

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION OF CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE IN EGYPT REPORTED TO BE 9000M3/YR IN 1984 FROM ALL SITES. LOW QUALITY GLASS SAND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POTENTIAL MINERAL RESOURCES OF EGYP. 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.

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.

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