Abu Marawat Iron Ore Occurrence

Occurrence in Egypt with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  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 10096536
MRDS ID W029172
Record type Site
Current site name Abu Marawat Iron Ore Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 33.35138, 26.49938 (WGS84)
Relative position 90 KM SW OF SAFAGA TOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Analytical data

Result AVG FE CONTENT 44.4%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) 33.35138, 26.49938

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • Thickness 17M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GENERALIZATION OF GEOLOGICAL DATA ON MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.A.R. (CONTRACT 1247, 1966-68), G.G. KOCHIN AND F.A. BASSYUNI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE IRON ORE IS ESTIMATED TO BE 6.5 MILLION TONS. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Adel U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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