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Hafayer Clay Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079512
MRDS ID W029128
Record type Site
Current site name Hafayer Clay Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 32.38477, 29.74918 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 KM W OF SUEZ-MERSA ALAM COSTAL HIGHWAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Comments on the location information

  • 27 KM SW OF SUEZ

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Analytical data

Result CHEMICAL ANALYSIS. GEOMETRICAL AVERAGE SIO2: 46.56%, SO3: 0.25%, AL2O3: 16.92%, L.O.I.: 14.25%, FE2O3: 9.37%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 32.38477, 29.74918
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15.5M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CLAYS ARE MASSIVE, FINE-GRAINED, GREY, YELLOWISH AND DARK GREY COLORS. THEY CONTAIN INTERCALATIONS OF LIMESTONES AND SANDSTONES WITH MAXIMUM THICKNESSES OF 1.3 M.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED IN WADI HADA, IN A MIOCENE-AGE BED ABOUT 56 METERS THICK.
Deposit FROM NOTES ON A SURVEY OF RAW MATERIALS FOR BUILDING ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Gse 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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