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Gebel El Russas Mine

Past Producer 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. 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 10079525
MRDS ID W029148
Record type Site
Current site name Gebel El Russas Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 34.63468, 25.19946 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 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

  • 640 KM. SE OF CAIRO, 120 KM. SOUTH OF QUSEIR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Pyromorphite Gangue

Analytical data

Result THE AVERAGE ZINC AND LEAD CONTENTS ARE ABOUT 8.237 ZINC AND 0.68% LEAD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate

Nearby scientific data

(1) 34.63468, 25.19946
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POCKET-DISSEMINATED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1840
Discoverer Egyptyan Millitary Leaders

Comments on development

  • TIN AND ZINC CONTENT OF THEORE IN THE AREA PROSPECTED IS LOW

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: REPORT ON GENERALIZATIONOF GEOLOGICAL DATA ON MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.A.R. CARRIED OUT UNDERCONTRACT 1247 IN 1966-68 BY KOCHIN AND BASSYUNI

  • Deposit

    REPORT ON GENERALIZATION OF GEOLOGICAL DATA ON MINERAL RESURCES OF THE U.A.R. CARRIED OUT UNDER CONTRACT 1247 IN 1966-68 KOCHIN AND BASSYUN

  • Deposit

    1912 DESCRIPTION OF GEBL EL RUSAS DEPOSIT BLANKENHORN

  • Deposit

    1956-61 DESCRIPTION OF GEBL EL RUSAS DEPOSIT TISCHENDORF, STOLBERGER

  • Deposit

    1966 PUBLISHED REPRT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE RED SEA COAST BETWEEN MERSA ALAM AND RAS SHAGARA EL AKKAD AND DARDIR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINERALIZATION OF THE DEPOSIT IS CONFINED TO A FAULT TRACED AT SOMEDEPTH PARALLEL TO THE ANTICLINAL AXIS ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1977 Tabarak 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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