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Wadi Um Nar Iron Ore Occurrence

Occurrence in Egypt with commodity Iron
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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. 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 10079541
MRDS ID W029168
Record type Site
Current site name Wadi Um Nar Iron Ore Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 34.30136, 25.26613 (WGS84)
Relative position 20 KM SE OF G. EL HADID

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Ilmenite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SURFACE SAMPLE: FE=45.75, FE2O3=56.90, FEO=7.64, SIO2=28.78, PS=0.177
Result CORE SAMPLE: FE=39.35, FE2O3=45.06, FEO=9.81, SIO2=30.05, PS=0.2144

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Actinalite-Epidote And Hornblend Schists
    Rock description Actinalite-Epidote And Hornblend Schists
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) 34.30136, 25.26613
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Overturned Anticline. The Axis Plunges S-W.
Type of structure Local
Structure description The Anticline Was Complicated By Minor Folds And Faults.

Ore body information

  • General form SHEET OR BANDS
    Strike 5 W T6 N-S
    Dip 40 TO 80 DEG N-E OR SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 917M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: REPORT ON GENERALIZATION OF GEOLOGICAL DATA ON MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.A.R. CARRIED OUT UNDER CONTRACT 1247, G.G. KOCHIN AND BASSYUNI.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GENERALIZATION OF GEOLOGICAL DATA ON MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.A.R. CARRIED OUT UNDER CONTRACT 1247 IN 1966-68, G.G. KOCHIN AND F.A. BASSYUNI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 0.01 TO 0.06 MM
Deposit THE PROVED AND PROBABLE IRON ORE RESERVES AT SEPARATE DEPOSITS VARY BETWEEN 3 AND 15 MILLION TONS. THESE RESERVES WERE ESTIM1TED DOWN TO WADI LEVEL OR HORIZONS REACHED BY BOREHOLES. ORIGIN OF THE IRON ORE DEPOSITS ARE METAMORPHIC. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Tabarak U.S. Geological Survey

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