Djebel Alda

EG / Al Bahr al Ahmar

•26.66604, 33.00140View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Djebel Alda is a known mineral occurrence, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Feldspar, Pyrolusite.

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FeldsparPyrolusite

Geology and deposit

Associated rock: Syenite
Orebody form: VEINS

Mining history

Status: Occurrence

Records and references

Cited references

ATTIA, M.I., 1956. MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EGYPT. MANGANESO, MEXICO, 2:143-171

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10003785 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 26.66604, 33.00140

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