Idfu Qena Phosphate District

EG / Al Bahr al Ahmar

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Idfu Qena Phosphate District is a historic mining site, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. USGS records describe it as a CHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE, RESIDUAL ENRICHMENT deposit. Reported specimens include Fluorite. The site was discovered in 1900; production began in 1908.

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Fluorite

Geology and deposit

Deposit type: CHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE, RESIDUAL ENRICHMENT

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Discovered: 1900
First production: 1908

Records and references

Cited references

BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDONHERMINA, M.H., 1974: REVIEW ON THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF EGYPT. 2ND ARAB CONFERENCE MINERAL RESOURCES, JEDDAH, PHOSPHATE SECTION, P.110-149YOUSEF, A.A. AND BIBAWY, T.A., 1977: BENEFICIATION OF THE LOW GRADE EGYPTIAN PHOSPHATES. PAPER PRESENTED ON AUGUST 3, 1977, GEOL. CONGR., LUSAKA

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 60000684 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 25.74944, 33.00139

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