Darheib

Producer in Egypt with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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 10255778
MAS/MILS ID 7290000025
Record type Site
Current site name Darheib
Alternate or previous names Darhib, Um Seleimat, Eigat

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 35.08463, 23.98285 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 35.08463, 23.98285

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED IN 1979. USED AS FILLER IN LOCAL INDUSTRIES. LENSES CONFINED TO 40M THICK SHEAR ZONE IN RHYOLITE. ANNUAL PRODUCTION 5KT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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, 44PP.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JAN-1997 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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