Abu Tartur

EG / Al Wadi at Jadid

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Abu Tartur is a mineral prospect, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. USGS records describe a Chemical Sediment, Marine deposit hosted in Duwi Phosphate Formation (Shale). Reported specimens include Fluorite. The site was discovered in 1898.

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Fluorite

Geology and deposit

Deposit type: Chemical Sediment, Marine
Host rock: Duwi Phosphate Formation — Shale

Mining history

Status: Prospect
Discovered: 1898

Records and references

Cited references

BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDONANONYM, 1980: INVESTIGATION OF EGYPTS ABU TARTUR PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT, PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, NO.109, P.32-39WASSEF, A.S. ET AL., 1977: THE GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF ABU TARTUR PHOSPHORITE DEPOSIT, WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT; ANNUAL REPORT, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10024692 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 25.39949, 30.05142

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