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Maadi

Producer in Egypt with commodity Silica
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158778
MAS/MILS ID 7290000074
Record type Site
Current site name Maadi

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 31.25146, 29.96588 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 31.25146, 29.96588
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION HAS OCCURED FOR AT LEAST 50 YRS. LOW QUALITY (97% SIO2, 1% FE2O3) GLASS SAND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POTENTIAL MINERAL RESOURCES OF EGYPT. EGYPTIAN GEOLOGICAL

  • Deposit

    SURVEY AND MINING AUTHORITY. 1984, 144 PP.

  • Deposit

    R. SAID. THE GEOLOGY OF EGYPT. A.A. BALKEMA (ROTTERDAM).

  • Deposit

    1990, PP 511-566.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-MAR-1997 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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