Baharlya Area

Producer in Egypt with commodities Barium-Barite, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183381
MAS/MILS ID 7290000059
Record type Site
Current site name Baharlya Area
Alternate or previous names Ghorabi, Nasser, El Harra, El Gedida

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 28.96817, 28.466 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 28.96817, 28.466

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POTENTIAL MINERAL RESOURCES OF EGYPT. EGYPTIAN GEOLOGICAL

  • Deposit

    SURVEY AND MINING AUTHORITY. 1984, 144PP.

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

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    1990, PP. 511-566.

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    ROSKILL PUBLICATION SERVICES, INC. IRON. 1988.

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    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. MINERAL RESOURCES DATA SYSTEM (MRDS)

  • Deposit

    1996.

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    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. MINERALS AVAILABILITY DATA BASE,

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    JUNE, 1995.

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    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF EGYPT. T.P.

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    DOLLEY. CH. IN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1993, PP. 41-45.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. EGYPT. T.P. DOLLEY. MINERAL INDUSTRY

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    SURVEYS SERIES, 1994, 8PP.

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    MINERAL MAP OF EGYPT. EGYPTIAN GILOGICAL SURVEY AND MINING

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    AUTHORITY. 1979, 44 PP.

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    METAL BULLETIN MONTHLY JUNE, 1992.

  • Deposit

    F. HABASHI AND F.A. BASSYOUNI. MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARAB

  • Deposit

    COUNTRIES. CHEMECON PUB. (QUEBEC). 1982, PP 18-27.

  • Deposit

    B.A. KOMHAUSER. TRIP REPORT-FIELD EVALUATION OF THE MINERAL

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIES OF EGYPT & ISRAEL. SEPT, 2-22, 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE THICKNESS 2-25M, AVG. 9M. ORE IS BLENDED TO PRODUCE 53% FE USED AT HELWAN. 1994: HIGH GRADE ORE BEING MINED. GHORABI RES: 57MMT @ 48% RE. EL GEDIDA RES: 126.7MMT @ 53.6% FE. NASSER RES: 29MMT @ 44.7% FE. EL HARRA RES: 56.6MMT @ 44% FE. PROD (1985) 3 MMT/YR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-MAR-1997 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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