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Nile Delta-Rosetta

Plant in Egypt with commodity REE
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10159088
MAS/MILS ID 7290000016
Record type Site
Current site name Nile Delta-Rosetta

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 31.00149, 30.99913 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Monazite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) 31.00149, 30.99913
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 9
    MAS Column # 4
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Date of Last Modification 910718

Comments on the geologic information

  • MONAZITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1929
Year of first production 1929
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Electrostatic-Magnetic
Milling method Unspecified

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Federal Government
    Interest 100
    Year 1988
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Egyptian Corp. Of Black Sand Products: Past Owner

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Demonstrated 44392500mt ore
    Total resources 44392500mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    REE Y Group 0.5 wt-pct REE Major 1988
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Demonstrated 44393000mt ore
    Total resources 44393000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    REE REE 0.305 wt-pct REE Major 0

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PRODUCTION IN THE PERIOD OF 1965-1968 WAS 29,000 MT ILMENITE, 9,500 MT MAGNETITE, 2,000 MT ZIRCON, AND 130 MT RUTILE. RARE EARTH DATA ARE IN THE FORM OF MONAZITE, WHICH CON- TAINS 61% REO.
  • DATA FROM PAPER AUTHORED BY JIM HEDRICK AND L. WAKED, 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    "HEAVY MINERALS, INCLUDING MONAZITE, IN EGYPT'S BLACK

  • Reserve-Resource

    SAND DEPOSITS", JOURNAL OF THE LESS-COMMON METALS, 148

  • Reserve-Resource

    (1989) 79-84, J.B. HEDRICK AND L. WAKED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JAN-1995 Wdj U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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