Um Garaiat Gold Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079497
MRDS ID W029108
Record type Site
Current site name Um Garaiat Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 33.38467, 22.39968 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Comments on the location information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS SITUATED TO THE S-SE OF ASWAN ON THE RIGHT BANK OF WADI ALLAQI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result SPECTRAL ANALYSIS REVEALED THE PRESENCE OF THE FOLLOWING IN THE AURIFEROUS VEINS: SILICON ALUMINUM, IRON, MAGNESIUM, MANGANESE, VANADIUM, GOLD, SILVER, TIN, COPPER, COBALT, ZINC, LEAD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Gray Crystalline Graphitic Sheets;Dolerite
    Rock description Gray Crystalline Graphitic Sheets;Dolerite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) 33.38467, 22.39968

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description The Main Structures Run Parallel To The Red Sea Graben
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike 9 DEGREES NNE
    Dip 60-80 DEGREES SE
    Thickness 1.89M
    Length 370M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization In Quartz Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE GOLD MINERALIZATION IN THE VEIN IS IRREGULAR AND OCCURS IN NESTS, POCKETS AND COLUMNS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 0
Year of first production 0

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2100M

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE 8 INCLINED AND VERTICAL SHAFTS LINKED TOGETHER BY LEVELS.

Comments on development

  • PRODUCTION RESUMED IN 1904

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: OSMAN MOHARRAM AND OTHERS, 1970, STUDIES ON SOME MINERALDEPOSITS OF EGYPT, CONTRACT NO. 1247

  • Deposit

    M.B EL KADI, JUNE 1976, A REVIEW OF THE PROMISING GOLD BEARING DEPOSIT, EASTERN DESERT, EGYPT

  • Deposit

    OSMAN MOHARRAM AND OTHERS, 1970, STUDIES ON SOME MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EGYPT, CONTRACT NO. 1247

  • Deposit

    1904 PRODUCTION

  • Deposit

    1907 PRODUCTION

  • Deposit

    1912 UNDERGROUND MURLAN

  • Deposit

    1934 UNDERGROUND JENKINS

  • Deposit

    1967 EXPLORATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GOLD CONTENT IN THE VEIN VARIES FROM 7.75 TO 155.5 GM/T. IN DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE MINE, ONLY ORE COLUMNS HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT. A CHARACTERISTIC FEATURE OF THE DEPOSIT IS THE HIGH INFLOW OF UNDERGROUND WATER WHICH AMOUNTED TO 9000 LITERS PER HOUR. THE TAILINGS IN THE MINE, WHICH AMOUNT TO 50000 TONS ARE OF NO VALUEAS THEIR GOLD CONTENT AVERAGES 3.39 GM/T. A HIGH INFLOW OF UNDER GROUND WATER IS A CHARACTERISTIC FEATURE ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Nabil U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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