Um Bogma

EG / Janub Sina'

•28.98255, 33.36809View on Map Open in Google Maps

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About this location

Um Bogma is a historic mining site, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Um Bogma Formation (Dolomite). Reported specimens include Alunite, Calcite, Copper, Dolomite, Gypsum, Kaolinite; logged ore minerals are Pyrolusite; gangue is recorded as Alunite, Calcite, Dolomite, Gypsum, Kaolinite. The site was discovered in 1898.

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AluniteCalciteCopperDolomiteGypsumKaolinitePyrolusite

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Um Bogma Formation — Dolomite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR FILLING OF DOLINES, SPHERULITIC HORIZONS

Ore minerals

Pyrolusite

Gangue minerals

AluniteCalciteDolomiteGypsumKaolinite

Ore control

Upper Parts Of Paleokarst

Alteration

Oxidation

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Discovered: 1898

Records and references

Cited references

EL SHARKAWI, M.A., EL AREF, M.M. AND ABDEL MOTELI B,.A., 1990. MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN A CARBONIFEROUS PALEOKARST PROFILE, UM BOGMA REGION, WEST-CENTRAL SINAI, EGYPT. MINERAL DEPOSITA, 25 : 34-43

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10003786 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 28.98255, 33.36809

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