Um Kabu

Producer in Egypt with commodities Emerald, Semiprecious Gemstone
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207543
MAS/MILS ID 7290000041
Record type Site
Current site name Um Kabu

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 34.86804, 24.5995 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Emerald Tertiary
Semiprecious Gemstone Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 34.86804, 24.5995

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BERYL IS THE OTHER SEMIPRECIOUS GEMSTONE MINED HERE. ANCIENT WORKINGS. INTERMITTENT PRODUCER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1996.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL MAP OF EGYPT. EGYPTIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MINING

  • Deposit

    AUTHORITY. 1979, 44 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-JAN-1997 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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