Un Sammki Pb and Zn Occurrence
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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Rhyolite, Dacite
- Associated rock
- Wadi Um Somiuki Volcanks — Rhyolite, Dacite
- Orebody form
- LENTICULAR
First Main Deformation Associated With Recumbent Fault Nw-Se.Second Deformation Associated With Thrust Faulting Wnw-Ese .Minor Movement Associated With Symmetrical Folds W-E. Minor Movement Assocyated With Lineation Ne-Sw. Normal Faulting With Some Sinistral Movement Nw-Se,W-E, Wsw-Ese.
Sphalerite
Carbonization, Epidotization, Chloritization, Silicification
Mining history
- Status
- Occurrence
- Workings
- Underground
Records and references
SRC. REF: (PAPER NUMBER 61), MINERAL DEPOSITS IN EGYPT (UNDER INVESTIGATIONPAPER NO.61 MINERAL DEPOSITS IN EGYPT PUBLISHED BY GSE 1974REPORT ON GENERALIZATION OF GEOLOGICAL DATA ON MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.A.R. CARRIED UNDER CONTRACT 1247 IN 1966-68 BY KOCHIN AND BASSYUNI1959-1960 GEOPHYIC, GEOLOGIC, MINNING, MAPPING 1:10001967 STOLZBERGER ZINK AG WAS OFFICIALLY CHARGED WITH CARRYING OUT SURFACE UNDERGROUND CORE DRILLING AND GEOLOGICAL METHALLURGICAL AND ORE TREATMENT WORKS
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10079522 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 24.23703, 34.81801
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