Safaga Deposits

Producer in Egypt with commodity 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. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000682
MRDS ID ISM0423
Record type District
Current site name Safaga Deposits
Alternate or previous names Gasus, Umm Huweitat, Wassif, Mohammed Rabah

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 33.90138, 26.53268 (WGS84)
Relative position SEVERAL SMALL DEPOSITS: GASUS 26 DEG. 32'N, 33 DEG. 59'E; UMM HUWEITAT 26 DEG. 30'N, 33 DEG. 58'E; EL HIGAB 26 DEG. 33'N, 33 DEG. 55'E; WASSIF 26 DEG. 30'N, 33 DEG. 50'E; MOHAMMED RABAH 26 DEG. 35'N, 33 DEG. 49'E; DUWI 26 DEG. 16'N, 34 DEG. 00'E. RAIL CONNECTION TO SAFAGA BY A METRE GANGE RAILWAY, DISTANCE 27 KM. UMM HUWEITAT HAS TWO OPERATIONS: UMM HUWEITAT AND EL HIGAB

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 33.90138, 26.53268

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description NS TRENDING GRABENS, SMALL BASINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Discovery year 1908
Year of first production 1911

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner RED SEA PHOSPHATE CO.
  • Type Operator
    Owner RED SEA PHOSPHATE CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON

  • Deposit

    HERMINA, M.H., 1974: REVIEW ON THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF EGYPT. 2ND ARAB CONFERENCE MINERAL RESOURCES, JEDDAH, PHOSPHATE SECTION, P.110-149

  • Deposit

    OMARA, S., 1965: PHOSPHATIC DEPOSITS IN SYRIA AND SAFAGA DISTRICT, EGYPT. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL.60, P.214-227

  • Deposit

    EL SAYED AND EL TARABILI, 1969: PALEOGEOGRAPHY, PALEOECOLOGY...PHOSPHATIC SEDIMENTS IN THE QUSEIR SAFAGA AREA/VAR. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL.64, P.172-182

  • Deposit

    OCEPEK, D., 1967: AUFBEREITUNGSPROBLEME BEI PHOSPHATERZEN AUS SAFAGA, VAR. ERZMETALL, VOL.XX, NO.4, 1967, P.165-168

Beyond USGS

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