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Idfu Qena Phosphate District

Past Producer in Egypt with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000684
MRDS ID ISM0426
Record type District
Current site name Idfu Qena Phosphate District
Alternate or previous names Upper Nile Valley Deposits, Mohammed Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 33.00139, 25.74944 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 DEPOSITS OR OCCURRENCES HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED: GABAL ABU HAD 26 DEG. 30'N, 33 DEG. 00'E; WADI HAMAMA 26 DEG. 17'N, 33 DEG. 03'E; WADI SERAI 26 DEG. 11'N, 33 DEG. 03'E; EL GIR 26 DEG. 03'N, 33 DEG. 03'E; GABAL EL QURN 25 DEG. 55'N, 32 DEG. 57'E; WADI HIGAZA 25 DEG. 50'N, 32 DEG. 57'E; WADI EL MASHASH 25 DEG. 38'N, 33 DEG. 13'E; WADI EL SHAHAB 25 DEG. 17'N, 33 DEG. 23'E; WADI EL BATUR 25 DEG. 15'N, 33 DEG. 10'E; EL MAHAMED 25 DEG. 10'N, 32 DEG. 45'E. MINES: SEBAIYA-WEST (KOM MIR) 25 DEG. 10'N, 32 DEG. 45'E SEBAIYA-EST (MOHAMMED UNDERGROUND MINE AND OWEINIYA OPEN PIT); QENA 26 DEG. 10'N, 32 DEG. 52'E, (DEPOSIT NOT PRODUCING AT PRESENT). SYNONYMS: ABU SABONA, EL OWEINEIA GOHARA FOR OPERATIONS IN EL MAHAMED DEPOSIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 33.00139, 25.74944
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1908

Mining district

District name IDFU QENA PHOSPHATE DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner EL NASR PHOSPHATE CO.
  • Type Operator
    Owner ABU ZAABAL FERTILIZERS 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

    YOUSEF, A.A. AND BIBAWY, T.A., 1977: BENEFICIATION OF THE LOW GRADE EGYPTIAN PHOSPHATES. PAPER PRESENTED ON AUGUST 3, 1977, GEOL. CONGR., LUSAKA

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

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