Gold-bearing quartz vein-type and volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) mineralization, hosted in volcanic rocks of the Proterozoic Ariab formation. The oxidation zone is well developed and enriched in gold so as to form a gold deposit on its own.
Located about 200 km west of Port Sudan.
References
- Jianyong Hu, Lun Yang, Hui Li, and Jianquan Liu (2011): Metallogenesis and prospect of gold deposits in northeast Sudan. Geology and Exploration 47(3), 505-511 (in Chinese with English abstract).
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