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Chalcopyrite from
Hamash mine, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hamash mine, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:814093
Long-form Identifier:1:3:814093:7
GUID (UUID V4):5096f96f-8afb-42f9-b569-9a3b7d855165
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
25.2km (15.7 miles) ⓘMueilha mine, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
34.2km (21.2 miles) ⓘDungash Mine, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
46.4km (28.8 miles) ⓘAtud mine, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
49.4km (30.7 miles) ⓘBarramiya, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
50.4km (31.3 miles) ⓘBarramiya Mine, Barramiya, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
52.8km (32.8 miles) ⓘHanglaliya, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
57.9km (36.0 miles) ⓘHomr Akarem, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
68.4km (42.5 miles) ⓘEmerald mines, Wadi Abu Rasheid, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
69.6km (43.2 miles) ⓘSukari gold mine, Marsa Alam, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
76.9km (47.8 miles) ⓘGabbro Akarem Cu-Ni deposit, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Au-Cu quartz veins in the Hamash area, South-Eastern Desert, Egypt H. M. H e l m y 1 and R. Kaindl...Faculty of Science, El Minia University, E1 Minia, Egypt Institut ffir Mineralogie-Kristallographie und Petrologie...metavolcanics and metagabbro in the Hamash area, South Eastern Desert of Egypt. Four generations of genetically...genetically related quartz veins occur in the Hamash mine area. Two types of alteration are developed in vicinity...precipitated in two stages, early pyrite (PI) and chalcopyrite were altered to secondary chalcocite, bornite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chaleopyrite-pyrite mineralization Hamash gold mine, Southeastern Desert, Egypt M. Ezzeldin Hilmy and A. Osman...Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt Abstract. Pyrite, chalcopyrite, and gold occur in quartz veins...highly altered metavolcanics in the Hamash area, Southeastern Desert, Egypt. The minerals are associated in...sulfides, and (2) fine-crystalline aggregates. Chalcopyrite occurs in three forms: (1) idiomorphic coarse...ancient times came largely from Nubia in southern Egypt. Placer deposits covered large areas. It is probable
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(http://www.scirp.org/journal/nr) Mineral Industry in Egypt-Part I: Metallic Mineral Commodities Abdel-Zaher...University, Cairo, Egypt, Geological Survey and Mineral Resources Authority, Cairo, Egypt. E-mail: abdel...31st, 2011. ABSTRACT The mineral potential in Egypt is quite high. Almost all sorts of industrial minerals...commodities exist in commercial amounts. However, Egypt imports many of the mineral commodities needed for...of the mining industry in Egypt. This is why the mining technology in Egypt is not very far from being
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    Gold in Egypt: Does the future get worse or better? N.S. Botros PII: DOI: Reference:...Please cite this article as: Botros, N.S., Gold in Egypt: Does the future get worse or better?, Ore Geology...journal pertain. ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT GOLD IN EGYPT: DOES THE FUTURE GET WORSE OR BETTER? N. S. Botros*... NU SC R IP T Within the Eastern Desert of Egypt, there are more than hundred vein-type gold deposits...the new targets for gold in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. In most of these targets, gold displays a bimodal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Faculty of Science, Benha University, 13518 Benha, Egypt AN 1Department US Basem A. Zoheir1,2,*, Peter...Gold has been mined in the Eastern Desert T of Egypt, in the northwestern part of the ANS, for more than...deposit. Today, Sukari is the single major producing mine in US the Eastern Desert but many other significant...(or) pyrrhotite, in addition to subordinate chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galenea and tetrahedrite as well...Distribution and genetic characteristics, Eastern Desert, Egypt, Neoproterozoic, Accretionary orogen, Arabian-Nubian
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Faculty of Science, Benha University, 13518 Benha, Egypt c Mineral Resources, Technical University of Clausthal...laths. SulïŹde content is low. Relict pyrite and chalcopyrite occur in comb and cockade quartz. Gold occurs... 1996) (Fig. 1). This area is close to the Dead Sea depression, where the Neoproterozoic basement is...the study area including the currently active Dead Sea Transform (solid black), offsetting Pleistocene–Recent...young tectonics largely associated with the Dead Sea Transform fault system (Barjous, 1992). The N–NE-trending
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization in the Fawakhir area, Eastern Desert, Egypt B.A. Zoheira*, R.A. Creaserb and B. Lehmannc a ...Geology, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha, Egypt; bEarth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of...geographic map, as well as the oldest geologic and mine map. The Fawakhir–El Sid district is part of a regional...pyrite-arsenopyrite-pyrrhotite-sphalerite-galena-chalcopyrite-electrum plus a number of tellurides of Ag,...gold mineralization; Fawakhir area; Wadi Hammamat; Egypt Introduction The East African Orogen is an extensive
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization in the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt Mohamed A. Abd El-Wahed, Hassan Harraz, Mohamed...mineralization in the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt, Ore Geology Reviews (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev...Mineralization in the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt PT Mohamed A. Abd El-Wahed1, Hassan Harraz1 and...Tanta 31527, Egypt 2 Centamin Egypt Ltd, 361 El-Horreya Road, Sedi Gaber, Alexandria, Egypt RI Abstract...NNW-oriented sinistral shear zones in Kurdeman gold mine area, within steeply dipping NW- and SE dipping
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and metallogeny of the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt Yasser Abd El-Rahman a a b Sharkawi & Amir Said...Giza, 12613, Egypt b Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt c Department...and metallogeny of the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt, International Geology Review, 54:16, 1870-1884...and metallogeny of the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt Yasser Abd El-Rahmana,b*, Ali Polatc , Yildirim...Giza 12613, Egypt; b Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt; c Department
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Granitoid-associated gold mineralization in Egypt: a case study from the Atalla mine Basem Zoheir 1,2 & Fatma Deshesh...monzogranite intrusion in the Eastern Desert of Egypt are controlled by subparallel NE-trending brittle...Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha 13518, Egypt 2 Institute of Geosciences, University of Kiel...Science, Mansoura University, 35516, El-, Mansoura, Egypt 4 Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm...mining sites dispersed in the Eastern Desert (ED) of Egypt reflects significant mining activity in the region
Book
Dietrich Klemm Gold and Gold Mining in Ancient Egypt and Nubia Geoarchaeology of the Ancient Gold Mining...a joint project with the University of Assiut, Egypt, our attention was drawn to this aborted program...and ascribing them to the chronologies of Ancient Egypt and Nubia ‱ Investigating the geology of ore deposits...out to spread far beyond the southern borders of Egypt and well into the Nubian territories of NE Sudan...Robertson Research Ltd. and its subsidiaries, Minex-Egypt and Minex-Sudan, became accessible through archives
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
setting on the genesis of gold mineralization in Egypt N.S. Botros PII: DOI: Reference: S0169-1368(15)00102-X...setting on the genesis of gold mineralization in Egypt, Ore Geology Reviews (2015), doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev...setting on the genesis of gold mineralization in Egypt N. S. Botros* Exploration Geologist AC CE P TE...NU SC R IP T Abstract The Eastern Desert of Egypt is well known as a gold-mining district since ancient...Nb–Ta and U mineralization in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. Anorogenic gold mineralization connected with post-orogenic
Book
convert, refine and treat whatever you want to mine. From the initial evaluation and planning to the... Section ae 7 1 Introduction 2 3 Algeria Egypt 15 18 4 Gulf States 27 5 tlrag 28 6 7 Jordan...Tunisia 49 51 146 Yemen 53 17 18 19 The Red Sea Israel References 55 56 oF 20 List of Maps ...at the end. A special emphasis has been given to Egypt because of the relatively large number of documents...Solomon's mines are nothing but an ancient copper mine exploited by the ancient Egyptians. A temple dedicated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lodes at the Abu Marawat area, Eastern Desert, Egypt: integrated mineralogical, structural control and...the Abu Marawat area, central Eastern Desert of Egypt. Sulphide-bearing quartz veins and related hydrothermal...characterised by the occurrence of visible pyrite-chalcopyriteÂĄpyrrhotiteÂĄ sphaleriteÂĄgalena mineralisation...mineralisation. Gold is refractory in pyrite and chalcopyrite, but rare visible gold/electrum and telluride specks...13518, Egypt Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Qena 81528, Egypt *Corresponding
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fluids in Atud gold deposit, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt Amr Abdelnasser & Mustafa Kumral To cite this article:...fluids in Atud gold deposit, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt, International Geology Review To link to this article:...fluids in Atud gold deposit, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt Amr Abdelnassera,b and Mustafa Kumrala a Geological...Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha, Egypt ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY Electron microprobe analyses...complex of Gabal Atud (Central Eastern Desert, Egypt). The gold can be classified as electrum (63.6–74
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gold deposits of Egypt Nagy Shawky Botros* Egyptian Geological Survey, Cairo, Egypt Received 14 August...located in the Nubian Shield have been known in Egypt since Predynastic times. Despite the fact that these...A three-fold classification of gold deposits of Egypt is offered here in harmony with this evolutionary... which constituted the main target for gold in Egypt since Pharaonic times, and disseminated-type mineralization...into consideration as a new target for gold in Egypt. Placer gold deposits are divided into modern placers
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology, Benha Faculty of Science, Benha 13518, Egypt A. K. EL-SHAZLY,† Geology Department, Marshall...Department, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt AND R. J. BODNAR Department of Geosciences, Virginia...includes pyrite, arsenopyrite ± pyrrhotite ± chalcopyrite ± galena; gold occurs both in the veins, usually...Arabian-Nubian shield exposed in the Eastern Desert of Egypt have long been known to host gold, with more than...12 25 13 o Idfu 18 14 Mersa 15 Alam 16 RED SEA 17 19 24 o Aswan 20 21 23 22 o 23 24
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN METABASIC ROCKS AT THE MOUSKA MINE, BOUSQUET DISTRICT, ABITIBI, QUEBEC, CANADA ABDELHAY...Montréal, Québec H3C 3A7, Canada ABSTRACT The Mouska mine, in the Bousquet region of the Abitibi greenstone... The ore minerals consist of pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite, together with minor amounts of pyrite. Pyrite...encloses micro-inclusions of gold (10 to 12 m), chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite. Pyrite II is late, coarse-grained...rare, and partially to completely replaced by chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite. It may well represent a remnant
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
zone-related gold mineralization in Egypt: A case study from the Um El Tuyor mine, south Eastern Desert Basem...Geology, Benha Faculty of Science, 13518 Benha, Egypt A R T I C L E I N F O Article history: Received...Orogenic gold Um El Tuyor Eastern Desert Allaqi Egypt A B S T R A C T Although gold production from orogenic...western side of the Red Sea in Upper Egypt and northern Sudan. In the Eastern Desert of Egypt, numerous but...than a hundred locations in the Eastern Desert of Egypt during the Dynastic, Ptolemaic, Roman, Byzantine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The most abundant sulfide minerals include chalcopyrite and pyrite, with minor galena, sphalerite, and...associate ore mineralization at the Bavanat open pit mine gangue minerals are predominately quartz, muscovite...disseminated pyrite (Fig. 5a) and minor amounts of chalcopyrite (Fig. 5b). These veins were deformed, brecciated...medium–grained milky–white quartz (0.3–1.0 mm), chalcopyrite and pyrite, with minor sphalerite, pyrrhotite...Py: pyrite), b pyrite intergrowths with minor chalcopyrite (Ccp), in the vein–type A (early–stage) (RL)
Report (issue)
in desert areas. In the southeastern desert of Egypt, Soliman (19S1, 19S2) successfully used the minus-1mm...prospecting for ore deposits in the eastern desert of Egypt. He found that by removing the minus-0.25-mm fraction...tourmaline occurrences in the southeastern desert of Egypt. The elements beryllium, lithium, and boron were...galena, barite, scheelite, cassiterite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, molybdenite, and wulfenite. High metal concentrations...sulfide mineralization in the eastern desert of Egypt. In this area, analyses of copper, nickel, zinc
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· Yasser Abd El-Rahman Editors The Geology of Egypt Regional Geology Reviews Series Editors Roland...Geology of Egypt 123 ‱ Editors Zakaria Hamimi Department of Geology Benha University Benha, Egypt JesĂșs...El-Barkooky Department of Geology Cairo University Giza, Egypt Harald Fritz Department of Geology and Environment...El-Rahman Department of Geology Cairo University Giza, Egypt ISSN 2364-6438 ISSN 2364-6446 (electronic) Regional...by: Prof. M.A. Abd El-Wahed, Tanta University, Egypt) This Springer imprint is published by the registered
 
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