Agroud Clay Occurrence

Occurrence in Egypt with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079513
MRDS ID W029130
Record type Site
Current site name Agroud Clay Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 32.41812, 30.08249 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Analytical data

Result CHEMICAL ANALYSIS: RANGES SIO2: 48.72 - 59.95%, MGO: 1.47 - 8.00%, CL: 0.34 - 1.09%, AL2O3: 1.67 - 17.60%, CAO: 0.73 - 5.62%, L.O.I: 1.75 - 15.07%, FE2O3: 7.58 - 17.14%, SO3: 0.09 - 1.80%, H2O: 5.20 - 14.8%

Nearby scientific data

(1) 32.41812, 30.08249

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MANSOUR, M. S, KOTB, H, HAASAN, N. K, 1976 GENERAL SURVEY OF THE BUILDING RAW MATERIALS IN CANAL GONERNATE INTERNAL REPORT NO.72

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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