El Bogirate Gypsum Occurrence

Occurrence in Egypt with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079536
MRDS ID W029161
Record type Site
Current site name El Bogirate Gypsum Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.45146, 29.33256 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Comments on the location information

  • 7 KM. FROM EL FAYOUM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 30.45146, 29.33256

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Dip HORIZONTAL
    Thickness 2.5M
    Length 7000M
    Width 3000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner G. S. E.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

  • Deposit

    1978 REGIONAL GEOLOGY A. SWEDAN

  • Deposit

    1979 REGIONAL MAPPING A. SWEDAN

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPORT OF GEOLOGICAL PARTY NO. 17B/77. DEPARTMENT OF REGIONAL GEOLOGY ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Adel U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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