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Hamata Mine

Past Producer in Egypt with commodities Copper, Zinc, Lead
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100215
MRDS ID W029107
Record type Site
Current site name Hamata Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 35.00135, 24.49951 (WGS84)
Elevation 1977

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Gangue

Analytical data

Result MASSIVE ORE (%): ZN 42.0
Result CU 2.0
Result PB 0.04. DISSEMINATED ORE (%): ZN 1.2
Result CU 0.8
Result PB 0.035.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Metabasalts;Metaandesites;Metaryolites;Metaagglomerates
    Rock description Metabasalts;Metaandesites;Metaryolites;Metaagglomerates

Nearby scientific data

(1) 35.00135, 24.49951
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRUCTURAL FEATURE OR ELEMENTS ARE NOT RECORDED ONLY TRENDS OR DIRECTIONS OF METAMORPHOSED VOLCANIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 0

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner El Nasr Phosphate Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: GSE

  • Deposit

    KOCHIN 1968

  • Deposit

    GAD, M.A., ET AL, 1978,GEOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION OF HAMATA AREA: GEOL.SURVEY OF EGYPT REPORT NO 86/78.

  • Deposit

    1934 EXPLORATION HUME AND BARTOUX

  • Deposit

    1954 EXPLORATION NESSIM ETAL

  • Deposit

    1967 MAPPING HUNTING GEOLOGISTS

  • Deposit

    1978 GSE EXPLORATION GAD ETAL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE BODIES ARE EXTRACTED
Deposit THERE IS NO EVALUATION FOR THE ORE BODIES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Milad 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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