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Electrum from
Bisha Mine, Bisha, Gash Barka Region, Eritrea


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gold var: Electrum
Formula:(Au,Ag)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Electrum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bisha Mine, Bisha, Gash Barka Region, Eritrea
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:527390
Long-form Identifier:1:3:527390:4
GUID (UUID V4):15f4ffe4-1d3d-4206-a90d-6bb301a08c2b
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717–738 The Bisha Volcanic-Associated Massive Sulfide Deposit, Western Nakfa Terrane, Eritrea C. TUCKER...Alberta, Canada T2G 0V2 Abstract The Neoproterozoic Bisha volcanic-associated massive sulfide deposit (VMS)...in a newly discovered VMS district in western Eritrea. The host stratigraphic section comprises a large...possibly coeval and cogenetic intrusion known as the Bisha Gabbroic Complex, ~3 km downsection, a series of...Two other VMS deposits are present along strike: Bisha Northwest, 1.5 km to the north-northwest, and Harena
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
east-west and 2,000 km north-south. This is a vast region with an array of geologic terranes composed of...The geology and mineral resources of this vast region have been thought about and studied for thousands...critical introduction to the mineral endowment of the region. One of the most valuable papers in the book, for...deposits in the region. The first part of this paper is a synthesis of geologic data for the region obtained...comprehensive view of the mineral endowment of the region and a geologic and metallogenic framework within
Book
Tunisia, Mali, Mauritania, Egypt, Sudan, and Eritrea. Originally our goal was to include papers on deposits...the setting and origin of major deposits in the region, together with information on tonnages and grades...Northeast Africa, with a focus on deposits in Eritrea, Sudan, and Egypt. The second paper is by M. Bouabdellah...comparisons and contrasts with MVT deposits in the region. The last part is focused on sediment-hosted iron...Tunisia, and Comparisons with MVT Deposits in the Region . . . . . . . . . . 497 Sophie Decrée, Christian
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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, Au, and Bi...exploration activity, especially in Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, and Ethiopia (Figure 1). Recent discoveries of...in Eritrea, and Tulu Kapi in Ethiopia, attest to a largely untapped gold potential in this region. Exploration...within the structural and thermal evolution of the region based on geochronological information, which is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tonnages, as an open pit operation will typically mine large tonnages at lower grades, illustrating the...are among the earliest formed VMS deposits in the region (Walker and McDonald 1995; Goodfellow 2003). The...with occurrences; No gold and extensive footwall electrum) stringers Massive and Semi- Unusually large;...MacLean and Hoy Cp > Mt) with Located outside the electrum central camp; Close (1991); Cattalani et al. (1993);...Stacked tellurides and assemblages lenses without electrum) extensive footwall stringers; Au-Cu and Au-Zn-Pb-Ag
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particularly in NE Sudan, Asmara, and Western Eritrea (Barrie et al. 2007, 2016). These supergene Au...near-surface region above the Scuddles underground VMS deposit. Fig. 1 a Golden Grove Region in the Archaean...from bleached kaolinitic saprolite near Scuddles mine indicate an older weathering event assigned pre-late...through and surround the silcrete body in Scuddles mine area. Out of the 108 RC drill holes, regolith profiles...sulfosalts, magnetite, cassiterite, native Ag, and electrum of AuAg and Ag-Hg amalgam. The weathering profile
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deposit. Today, Sukari is the single major producing mine in US the Eastern Desert but many other significant...km from Sinai and eastern Egypt, through Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia, and into Kenya (Fig. 1). Prior to...largescale open-pit and a high-grade underground mine. Franzmann et al (2015) report total T measured...underground operations in 2011. In 2012, the Sukari Gold Mine Co. mined 6.4 Mt of ore, processed 4.5 Mt of ore...the Ariab district in Sudan (Fig. 1) and at Bisha in Eritrea (Helmy, 1999; Barrie et al., 2007, 2016; Johnson
Book
Genesis of the Koka Gold Deposit in Northwest Eritrea, NE Africa: Constraints from Fluid Inclusions and...useful for revealing the geodynamic evolution of a region, and more effective for regional prospecting exploration...Genesis of the Koka Gold Deposit in Northwest Eritrea, NE Africa: Constraints from Fluid Inclusions and...evolution process of regional structures. This region is located within the southeastern margin of the...were significantly reworked during orogenies. The region witnessed migration and collision between the NCC
 
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