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Um Rus Gold Deposit

Past Producer in Egypt with commodities Gold, Silver
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  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 10079503
MRDS ID W029115
Record type Site
Current site name Um Rus Gold Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 34.58468, 25.44944 (WGS84)
Relative position 80 KM S OF QUSSEIR, 9KM SW OF MERSA IMBARK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Analytical data

Result PRESENT IN THE AURIFEROUS VEINS ARE: ALUMINUM, IRON, MAGNESIUM, MANGANESE, VANADIUM, GOLD, SILVER, TIN, COPPER, COBALT, ZINC, LEAD. GOLD AND SILVER ARE IN A RATIO OF 1:5.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorites;Gray Granites
    Rock description Granodiorites;Gray Granites
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 34.58468, 25.44944
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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 Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Dip 45 DEGREES NW
    Length 500M
    Depth to top 20M
    Depth to bottom 170M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization In Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1225M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MAIN VEIN IN THE UM RUS IS TRACED FOR ABOUT 500 METERS, THE CENTRAL PART OF WHICH WAS WORKED DOWN TO A DEPTH OF 20-25 METERS. IN 1937-1938 AND 1943-1946 THREE SHAFTS WERE SUNK WITH DEPTHS OF 170, 141, AND 60 METERS. THE TOTAL LENGTH OF HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL MINING WORKS ARE 1225 AND 7000 METERS RESPECTIVELY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: OSMAN MOHARRAM AND OTHERS, 1970, STUDIES ON SOME MINERAL DEPOSITS 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

    1900-07 PRODUCTION

  • Deposit

    1946 PRODUCTION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GOLD CONTENT VARIES FROM TRACES TO 334.02 GM/T WITH AN AVERAGE VALUE OF 10.85-11.93 GM/T. THE LEFT UNMINED ORE IS ESTIMATED TO BE 6700 TONS. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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