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Wadi Essel Ore Occurrence

Occurrence in Egypt with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079523
MRDS ID W029146
Record type Site
Current site name Wadi Essel Ore Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 34.35136, 25.89942 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.5 KM WEST OF THE RED SEA COAST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Comments on the location information

  • IS 27 KM TO THE NORTH OF UMGHEIG

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Calcite Unknown

Analytical data

Result (/.6 -1.0%) LEAD, (/.5 - 2.0%) ZINC, ACCORDING TO LUMP SAMPLES. MEAN VALUE OF LEAD IS 1.18% AND ZINC IS 0.054% ACCORDING TO CHANNEL SAMPLES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorites And Granites
    Rock description Diorites And Granites
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Nubian Sandstone; Conglomerate, Containing Sandstone And Igneous Cobbles;Upper Conglom-Member Has Marl, Sand, Coquima-I.E. Coral Limestones
    Rock description Nubian Sandstone; Conglomerate, Containing Sandstone And Igneous Cobbles;Upper Conglom-Member Has Marl, Sand, Coquima-I.E. Coral Limestones

Nearby scientific data

(1) 34.35136, 25.89942
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Unconformity Between Basement And Upper Cretaceous

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS
    Thickness 100M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Mineralization Is Located In Pockets Confined To The Nubian Sandstones Of The Cretaceous

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EGYPT. (PAPER NO. 61)

  • Deposit

    REPORT ON GENERALIZATION OF GEOLOGICAL DATA ON MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.A.R. CARRIED OUT UNDER CONTRACT 1247 (1966-1968

  • Deposit

    1959 BUSCHENDORT

  • Deposit

    1959 E.EL. SHAZLY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ESSEL ARE OCCURRENCE IS BY MINERALIZED SANDSTONES. RESULTS OF WORK APPLYING IP METHOD SHOW THAT THE MINERALIZATION OF THE FOREGOING TYPE DOES NOT INDUCE ANY ANOMALY; INFO. SRC: 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Deyah Mohamed Tabarak U.S. Geological Survey

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