Um Gheig Lead, Zinc Mine
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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Basement Rocks — Conglomerate
- Associated rock
- Diorites And Granits Intrusive In Old Metasediments — Diorite
- Orebody form
- LENSE SHAPE
- Tectonic setting
- Tectonic Zone Occupied A Nw-Se Belt
Two Systems Of Joints 336 Degrees Nw And 25-30 Degree Ne, They Correspond To A Regional Structural Pattern Of The Red Sea Graben, Two Brachyanticlinal Folds Elongated In The North-Northwestern Direction
Lead-Zinc
Oxidization
Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- Production size
- Small
Records and references
SRC. REF: REPORT ON GENERALIZATION OF GEOLOGICAL DATA ON MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.A.R. CARRIED UNDER CONTRACT 1247 IN 1966-68OBSERVATIO1936 SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING OF THE DEPOSIT A. GREY1951 ORE DESCRIPTION FROM A SPECTROGRAPHIC STUDY EL SHAZLY1961 EXAMINATION,DRILLING OF TWO BOREHOLES GETMAN STOLBERGER ZINC AG FIRM1963 GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS YOUSSEF AND EL KAHWAGA1964,66 CALCULATION OF ORE RESERVES ATTIA AND NASSIM
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10100219 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 25.71610, 34.46803
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