Gebel El Russas Mine

EG / Al Bahr al Ahmar

•25.19946, 34.63468View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Gebel El Russas Mine is a historic mining site, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Carbonate. Reported specimens include Anglesite, Galena, Pyromorphite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite; logged ore minerals are Anglesite, Smithsonite; gangue is recorded as Pyromorphite. The site was discovered in 1840.

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Found Here

AnglesiteGalenaPyromorphiteSmithsoniteSphalerite

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Carbonate
Associated rock: Diorite, Metasedimentary Rock
Orebody form: POCKET-DISSEMINATED
Tectonic setting: A Series Of Tectonic Disturbances Represented By N-W Faults

Ore minerals

AnglesiteSmithsonite

Gangue minerals

Pyromorphite

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Production size: Small
Discovered: 1840

Records and references

Cited references

SRC. REF: REPORT ON GENERALIZATIONOF GEOLOGICAL DATA ON MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.A.R. CARRIED OUT UNDERCONTRACT 1247 IN 1966-68 BY KOCHIN AND BASSYUNIREPORT ON GENERALIZATION OF GEOLOGICAL DATA ON MINERAL RESURCES OF THE U.A.R. CARRIED OUT UNDER CONTRACT 1247 IN 1966-68 KOCHIN AND BASSYUN1912 DESCRIPTION OF GEBL EL RUSAS DEPOSIT BLANKENHORN1956-61 DESCRIPTION OF GEBL EL RUSAS DEPOSIT TISCHENDORF, STOLBERGER1966 PUBLISHED REPRT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE RED SEA COAST BETWEEN MERSA ALAM AND RAS SHAGARA EL AKKAD AND DARDIR

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10079525 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 25.19946, 34.63468

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