Umm Samiuki Deposit

Past Producer in Egypt with commodities Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079491
MRDS ID W029100
Record type Site
Current site name Umm Samiuki Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 34.83467, 24.23286 (WGS84)
Elevation 1003

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Comments on the location information

  • WESTERN AND EASTERN MINES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Talc-Carbonate After Rhyolites And Andisite

Analytical data

Result CHEMICAL ANALYSIS CU 1.15 PERCENT ZN 11.58 PB 1.58 CD 0.3 AG 200 G/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 34.83467, 24.23286

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Large Nw Trending Syncline Faults Along The Syncline Axis

Ore body information

  • General form LENS POD
    Strike 105 ESE
    Dip 60 AND 70 DEGREES
    Thickness 10M
    Length 170M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 0
Discoverer Egyptians

Comments on the workings information

  • ANCIENT LARGE MINE. NO EXTRACTION NOW BUT EXPLORATION IN PROGRESS(1980)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: GSE LABORATORIES

  • Deposit

    CONTRACT 1247 KOCHIN

  • Deposit

    A REVIEW OF BASIC INFORMATION DATA AND RESULTS OF PREVIOUS INVESTIGATIONS 1971 BY ABDEL FADIL A. KAMAR G.S.E.

  • Deposit

    ASWAN PROJECT

  • Deposit

    1929 PROSPECTION EXTENSION OF ORE BODY

  • Deposit

    1958 PROSPECTION ELSHAZLY AND AFIA

  • Deposit

    1962 DRILLING MANSOUR ET AL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Milad U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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