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Gebel El Hadid 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096535
MRDS ID W029167
Record type Site
Current site name Gebel El Hadid Iron Ore Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 34.13469, 25.34946 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Comments on the location information

  • 30 KM FROM UMM GHAMIS IRON ORE DEPOSIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Analytical data

Result SURFACE SAMPLE: FE=46.43%, FE2O3=56.06%, FEO=8.50%, SIO2=26.86%
Result CORE SAMPLE: FE=45.01%, FE2O3=44.97%, FEO=16.76%, SIO2=24.66%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) 34.13469, 25.34946
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-W
    Dip S-W
    Thickness 7M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gse

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: GSE LABORATORIES

  • Deposit

    EL RAMLY, M.F., AKKAD, M.K., AND SHAABAN, M.S., 1963, GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF THE IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF GEBEL EL HADID, E.D. OF EGYPT, CAIRO, N. 16, P. 31.

  • Deposit

    FRIED KRUPP, 1962, IRON ORE PROJECT KOSSEN (UPPER EGYPT) SPECIAL V. 4, GEBEL HADID IRON ORE DEPOSIT

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    UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GENERALIZATION OF GEOLOGICAL DATA ON MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.A.R. CARRIED OUT UNDER CONTRACT 1247 IN 1966-68, G.G# KOCHIN.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE RESERVES 3.6 MILLION TONS WITH AVERAGE 45.71 FE ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Adel 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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