Wadi Natrun

Producer in Egypt with commodity Salt
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 10304633
MAS/MILS ID 7290000058
Record type Site
Current site name Wadi Natrun

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.30148, 30.34917 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Salt Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 30.30148, 30.34917

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REPORT ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF EGYPT. EGYPTIAN MINISTRY

  • Deposit

    OF FINANCE. CAIRO, 1922, 50 PP.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL MAP OF EGYPT. EGYPTIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MINING

  • Deposit

    AUTHORITY. 1979, 44 PP.

  • Deposit

    A.M.A. WALI. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF EGYPT. PAPER 90-77

  • Deposit

    PRESENTED AT SME ANNUAL MEETING, SALT LAKE CITY, 1990.

  • 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 OLDEST OCCURENCE OF NATURAL SODA. SERIES OF EVAPORITE LAKES. NATRUN IS USED IN DOMESTIC SOAP, OIL, AND GLASS INDUSTRIES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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