Semna Gold Mine

EG / Al Bahr al Ahmar

•26.46605, 33.60055View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Semna Gold Mine is a historic mining site, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. USGS records describe a Vein deposit hosted in Diorite, Schist. Reported specimens include Gold. Workings are underground.

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Gold

Geology and deposit

Deposit type: Vein
Host rock: Diorite, Schist
Associated rock: Diorites — Diorite, Schist
Orebody form: VEIN

Structure

Main Structures Run Parallel To The Red Sea Graben

Ore control

Mineralization In Quartz Veins

Alteration

Sericitization And Chloritization Of Schists

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Workings: Underground

Records and references

Cited references

SRC. REF: OSMAN, MOHARRAM AND OTHERS, 1970, STUDIES ON SOME MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EGYPT, CONTRACT NO. 1247.M.B EL KADI, JUNE 1976, A REVIEW OF THE PROMISING GOLD BEARING DEPOSIT, EASTERN DESERT, EGYPT. OSMAN MOHARRAM AND OTHERS, 1970, STUDIES ON SOME MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EGYPT, CONTRACT NO. 12471902 PRODUCTION BRITISH CO.1917-20 PRODUCTION

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10079505 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 26.46605, 33.60055

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