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Wadi Ash Shatti

Prospect in Libya with commodity Iron
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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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10239154
MAS/MILS ID 7250000001
Record type Site
Current site name Wadi Ash Shatti
Alternate or previous names Wadi Shatti

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 14.21829, 27.43283 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Libya(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Libya

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Siderite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 14.21829, 27.43283
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Date of Last Modification 860620
  • Thickness 15M
    Length 200000M
    Width 20000M
    Field Value
    Date of Last Modification 860620

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE IRON ORES OF WADI SHATTI OCCUR IN A 140 M THICK SEQUENCE OF CLAYSTONE AND SANDSTONE OF LATE DEVONIAN AGE. THE OUTCROPPING WEATHERED ORE IS COMPOSED OF REDDISH BROWN LIMONITIC OOLITES IN LIMONITE, CHLORIE AND KAOLINITE GROUND- MASSES. THE UNWEATHERED ORE IS COMPOSED OF CHAMOSITE AND LIMONITE OOLITES IN CHAMOSITE, CHLORITE AND LESS COMMONLY, LIMONITE GROUNDMASSES. MAGNETITE AND SIDERITE AS MINOR CONSTITUENTS ARE FOUND IN MOST OF THE UNWEATHERED ORE AND ARE THE CHIEF MINERALS IN THE A3 ORE UNIT, IN WHICH THE ORE BEDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH LIGNITIC CLAYSTONES AND, LOCALLY, THIN COAL SEAMS. MAGNETITE IN THE WADI SHATTI DISTRICT IS FOUND MAINLY IN THE UPPER IRON-BEARING FORMATION, IN THE MIDDLE A3 UNIT OF THE A HORIZON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1936

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Libyan Government
    Interest 100
    Year 1982

Comments on the production information

  • THE OUTPUT FROM WADI SHATTI IS PLANNED FOR INTERNAL LIQUID STEEL PRODUCTION.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Measured 795000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 795000000mt ore
    Total resources 795000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 51.7 wt-pct Iron Major 1982

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 38
    Capacity 25300
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 1.92
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • PROPOSED CAPACITY 7.6MT (1992 EST.) WOULD NEED TO PRODUCE 2.4M TPY TO FEED MISURATA PLANT AT CAPACITY. A 900 KM RAIL LINE IS NEEDED FOR DEVELOPMENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL RESEARCH SERVICE. OCT. 6, 1994. RREPORT

  • Deposit

    COMPILED FOR LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB.

  • Deposit

    STEEL INFORMATION SERVICE. ARAB IRON & STEEL UNION. 1994.

  • Deposit

    SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESORUCES. UNITED NATIONS. 1970.

  • Deposit

    PP. 64-66.

  • Deposit

    ROSKILL PUBLICATION SERVICES. LTD. VARIOUS COMMODITY REPORT

  • Deposit

    1988-1992.

  • Deposit

    U.S LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. LIBYA: A COUNTRY STUDY. 1987,

  • Deposit

    PP. 134-139.

  • Deposit

    G.H. GOUDARZI. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LIBYA-A

  • Deposit

    RECONNAISSANCE. USGS PROF. PAPER 660, 1970, 104 PP.

  • Deposit

    M.J. SALEM AND M.T. BUSREWIL (ED) THE GEOLOGY OF LIBYA.

  • Deposit

    VOL. III, 1994, PP. 993-1107.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE. PLANS FOR MINING ORE IN LIBYA, BY M.K.

  • Deposit

    ALY. APR. 1981, PP. 320-322.

  • Deposit

    HANGARI, K.M., AHMAD, S.N., AND PERRY, JR., E.C., CARBON AND

  • Deposit

    OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS IN DIAGENETIC SIDERITE AND MAGNETITE

  • Deposit

    FROM UPPER DEVONIAN IRONSTONE, WADI SHATTI DISTRICT,

  • Deposit

    LIBYA, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 75, 1980, PP 538-545/

  • Deposit

    ALY, M.K., PLANS FOR MINING IRON ORE IN LIBYA, MINING

  • Deposit

    MAGAZINE, APRIL, 1981, PP 320-322.

  • Deposit

    ALY, M.K., MINING OF THE WADI SHATTI IRON ORE DEPOSITS,

  • Deposit

    LIBYA (A SYNOPSIS), CIM BULLETIN, APRIL, 1980, PP 80-81.

  • Deposit

    GOUDARZI, G.H., A GEOLOGIC REPORT ON THE IRON DEPOSIT OF THE

  • Deposit

    SHATTI VALLEY AREA OF THE FEZZAN PROVINCE, LIBYA, USGS,

  • Deposit

    NOVEMBER, 1958, 39 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-SEP-1995 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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