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Safaga

Producer in Egypt with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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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. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10280512
MAS/MILS ID 7290000005
Record type Site
Current site name Safaga
Alternate or previous names Um El Huetat-Gasus, Wasif-Mohammad Rabah

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 33.91808, 26.54937 (WGS84)
Elevation 220
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Egypt(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Egypt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Collophane Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 33.91808, 26.54937
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 19.1M
    Depth to top 140M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 830504
  • Area 6000HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 6000
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • BASIMAL STRUCTURE CAUSED BY DRAGING DURING BLOCK FAULTING. SOME WALLROCK ALTERATION HAS APPARENTLY TAKEN PLACE; HOWEVER, TYPE AND EXTENT ARE UNKNOWN. THE SAFAGA DISTRICT DEPOSITS EXIST AS BASINS CONSISTING OF AUREOLES OF NUBIAN SANDSTONE. DIPS RANGE FROM 5-20 DEG. DEPOSIT AREA = 6,000 HECTARES. IN SITU ORE DENSITY IS 1.8 MT/CUBIC METER (ASSUMED)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1908
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Year of first production 1911
Milling method Sizing

Mining district

District name Safaga

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Red Sea Phosphate Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Egypt
    Year 1981

Production statistics

  • Year 1979
    Description Mining 30.13 P2o5 100500 Mt Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 100500mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRECISE MILL RECOVERY CALCULATED TO BE 98.65 PERCENT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINE RECOVERY IS 80%

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 140M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Recovery 80
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 4
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 322
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 27.44
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 312
    Year of Information 1981
  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 140M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Recovery 80
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 4
    Capacity 481
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 26.36
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 312
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REPORT ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF EGYPT. EGYPTIAN MINISTRY

  • Deposit

    OF FINANCE. CAIRO, 1922, 50PP.

  • 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

    BRITISH SULPHUR, LTD. WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS.

  • Deposit

    5TH ED., 1987, PP. 411-421.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP, 3RD WORLD SURVEY, 1973

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1996.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1995.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL MAP OF EGYPT. EGYPTIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND MINING

  • Deposit

    AUTHORITY. 1979,, 44 PP.

  • Deposit

    A.M.A. WALI. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF EGYPT. PAPER 90-77

  • Deposit

    PRESENTED AT SME ANNUAL MEETING, SALT LAKE CITY, 1990.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP, 4TH WORLD SURVEY, 1980

  • Deposit

    BUNCH, J P, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1981

  • Deposit

    HUME, W F, "THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF EGYPT", LES RESERVES

  • Deposit

    MONDIALES EN PHOSPHATES, 14TH INT GEOL CONGRESS 1926,

  • Deposit

    MADRID, 1928

  • Deposit

    EL-TARABILI, EL-SAYAD, "PALEOGEOGRAPHY, PALEOECOLOGY AND

  • Deposit

    GENESIS OF THE PHOSPHATIC SEDIMENTS IN THE QUSEIR-SAFAGA

  • Deposit

    AREA, U A R, "ECON GEOLOGY, VOL 64, 1969, PP 172-182

  • Deposit

    STUDIES ON SOME MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EGYPT, UNITED ARAB

  • Deposit

    REPUBLIC MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1970

  • Deposit

    KOTB, H, AZIM, ABDEL, Y Y, AND KAMEL, O A, BENEFICIATION OF

  • Deposit

    SAFAGA LOW GRADE PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT, ANNALS OF THE

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF EGYPT, VOL 1, 1971, P 136-146

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, SEPT 1968, VOL 119, NO 3, P233

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, SEPT 1971

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, SEPT 1972, P 265 AND 315

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JAN 1979, P57

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JAN 1974, P74

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NOV 1976, P26

  • Deposit

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1979, P514

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHATIC DEPOSITS IN SYRIA AND SAFAGA DISTRICT, EGYPT,

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 1966, P1142-1153

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEDIMENTS TILTED BY FAULTING, MINED BY INCLINED SHAFT. P2O5 RANGES FROM 22-30%. MINIG BEGAN IN 1910 FOR EXPORT TO THE FAR EAST. ORE REQUIRES CALCINATION TO OBTAIN MARKETABILITY. PHOSPHATE SEPARATED BY LIMESTONE. OVERBURDEN 140 FT. MINING BY ROOM & PILLAR, SHORTWALL MINING METHODS. ORE BLASTED, BROKEN BEFORE TRANSPORT TO PORT OF SAFAGA. CAPACITY: 170KT/YR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-JAN-97 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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