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Ras Benas Copper Ore Occurrence

Occurrence in Egypt with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079493
MRDS ID W029102
Record type Site
Current site name Ras Benas Copper Ore Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 35.7916, 23.89983 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES FROM NIMA'S GEONAMES DATABASE ARE FOR RAS BENAS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Analytical data

Result CHEMICAL ANALYSIS PARTIAL CU 32.65 PERCENT FE 0.64 MN 0.16 PH TR ZN 0.02

Nearby scientific data

(1) 35.7916, 23.89983
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form INCLINED BEDDING
    Dip 15 DEGREES NW
    Thickness 45M
    Length 59.5M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1957
Discoverer Gse Party

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: MINERAL RESEARCH LABS GSE

  • Deposit

    ANWAR,Y,M.1964.NOTE ON THE OCCURRENCE OF COPPER MINERALS AT RAS BENAS E.D. EGYPT: JOUR. GEOL. V. 8, NO 2 P. 89-95

  • Deposit

    1958 EXPLORATION ANWA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE OCCURRENCE IS OF NO ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE

Reporter information

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

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

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