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Wadi Sannur

Producer in Egypt with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207775
MAS/MILS ID 7290000048
Record type Site
Current site name Wadi Sannur

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 31.08475, 28.86595 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 31.08475, 28.86595
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

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.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL MAP OF EGYPT. EGYPTIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MINING

  • Deposit

    AUTHORITY. 1979, 44 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARRY PRODUCTION WAS 400 M3/YR IN SMALL BLOCKS. MINED SINCE PHARAONIC TIMES. ORE IN LIMESTONE FRACTURES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-MAR-1997 Unknown 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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