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Amphibolite from
Fawakhir Mine, Qift area, Qena Governorate, Egypt


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Amphibolite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amphibolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fawakhir Mine, Qift area, Qena Governorate, Egypt
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1268111
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1268111:8
GUID (UUID V4):cc79ce74-7974-436e-b2d3-429204508c7f
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...reflected in brittle–ductile shear zones and amphibolite- green schist facies regional metamorphism were
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pan-African thrusting in the Central Eastern Desert, Egypt T.J. Fowler a,*, A.F. Osman b a Geology Department...Department, Ain Shams Uni6ersity, Abassiyya, Cairo, Egypt Received 14 December 1998; received in revised...analysis of the Wadi Um Had area in the Central Eastern Desert (CED) of Egypt reveals the presence of another...Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Egypt; Precambrian; Gneisses; Dome; Thrusts; Escape tectonics...Central Eastern Desert (CED) (Fig. 1) is a prospective area for the resolution of the above problems. This is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Basement Complex in the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt By SAMIR EL-GABY, OSMAN EL-NADY & A L I KHUDE1R...equivalents of the Dokhan Volcanics. The studied area lies within the foreland fold and thrust belt of...Department of Geology, Assuit University, Assuit, Egypt. Geologische Rundschau 73, 3, 1019- 1036, Stuttgart...Meatiq" ~ lqOKpOSOM,,Abu-Ziran". Introduction In Egypt, Precambrian basement crops out in the southwestern...1977); charnockites are also reported from that area. The basement o f the Eastern Desert and Sinai is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
geochronology of gold mineralization in the Fawakhir area, Eastern Desert, Egypt B.A. Zoheira*, R.A. Creaserb and...Geology, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha, Egypt; bEarth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of...mesothermal gold-quartz veins in the ancient Egyptian Fawakhir–El Sid gold mining district in the central Eastern...map, as well as the oldest geologic and mine map. The Fawakhir–El Sid district is part of a regional NNWtrending...I-type and magnetite-series monzogranite, the Fawakhir granite intrusion, and a Pan-African (~740 Ma)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pan-African serpentinites from the Eastern Desert of Egypt, with an emphasis on the effect of superimposed...localities in the Eastern Desert of Egypt namely, Abu Fannani, Fawakhir, Barramiya, Ras Shait and Wadi Ghadir...is lowest at Fawakhir (greenschist facies) and highest at Abu Fannani (lower amphibolite facies). Antigoritization...Antigoritization during progressive regional metamorphism at Fawakhir is limited and its M-value is much higher than...emplacement of post-orogenic leucogranites at Fawakhir and Gebel Ghadir. Towards the contact with the
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ophiolitic metaultramafics, central Eastern Desert, Egypt: Evidences from chromites, sulphides and gangues...Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt Correspondence Abdel‐Aal M. Abdel‐Karim, Geology...of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt. Email: am_abdelkarim@hotmail.com | Shaimaa A...(~790 Ma) of Um Halham, Fawakhir and Barramiya, central Eastern Desert, Egypt. These ultramafics exhibit...chromites suggest a greenschist up to lower amphibolite facies metamorphism (at 500–600 °C), which is
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
Book
· Yasser Abd El-Rahman Editors The Geology of Egypt Regional Geology Reviews Series Editors Roland...require when beginning investigations in a particular area and are encouraged to include as much information...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
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... M absolute dates on ore formation, from the Fawakhir and Atalla deposits in the Central ED Eastern...Distribution and genetic characteristics, Eastern Desert, Egypt, Neoproterozoic, Accretionary orogen, Arabian-Nubian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Island-Arc Assemblages, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt: Petrological and Geochemical Constraints Sherif...Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11884, Egypt Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar...Al-Azhar University, Assiut Branch, Assiutt 71524, Egypt Institute of Physics and Technology, Ural Federal University... Abstract: The Kab Amiri area in the Central Eastern Desert (CED) of Egypt comprises ophiolitic rocks...Island-Arc Assemblages, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt: Petrological and Geochemical Constraints. Keywords:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
11790 Cairo, Egypt Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt Economic...Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt RI a Abstract MA In the Wadi Um Had area, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt, NE-trending...last metamorphic episode, M3. M1/D1 records an amphibolite facies tectono- AC metamorphic event that has...Arabian-Nubian Shield, Eastern Desert, Um Had, Egypt PT 1. Introduction Orogenic belts are composed...the accreted domains. RI Um Had area in the Eastern Desert of Egypt is part of the extreme northeastern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ophiolitic ultramaïŹc rocks in Eastern Desert of Egypt: implications for petrogenesis and metasomatic processes...University, Zagazig, Egypt; bGeological Sciences Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt ABSTRACT ARTICLE...from three localities in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, namely; Wadi Muweilha, Wadi Arayis and Gabal Kurbiyay...basement exposures of the Eastern Desert (ED) of Egypt. Few complete successions and many dismembered ophiolitic...in the central and southern sectors of the ED of Egypt (Figure 1), while entirely lacking from the northern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Compressional Deformation in the Central Eastern Desert (Egypt) During Gondwana Assembly M.M. Abdeen1 and R.O....Joseph Broz Tito St., El-Nozha El-Gedida, Cairo, AR Egypt Geologisch-PalÀontologisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-UniversitÀt...splays into a horsetail structure in the Wadi Queih area and loses displacement towards N and NW. The present...termination of a major, regional transform zone in Egypt, the Najd Fault System (Stern, 1985; see Fig. 1)...were weakly metamorphosed (greenschist, locally amphibolite grade), prior to the deposition of a further
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
Report (chapter)
evolution in the El-Sid gold deposit, Eastern Desert, Egypt BASEM ZOHEIR1* & ROBERT MORITZ2 1 Department of...Geology, Faculty of Science, Benha University, 13518 Egypt 2 Earth and Environmental Sciences, University...(+carbonate) veins in the El-Sid mine cut through the western margin of the Fawakhir granitic intrusion and the...developed late in the deformational history of the area. Field and microscopic studies suggest two distinct...southern and central sectors of the Eastern Desert of Egypt, whereas gold occurrences confined to granitic intrusions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gold mineralisation at the Betam mine, south Eastern Desert, Egypt Basem A. Zoheir Received: 16 February...deposit, located in the southern Eastern Desert of Egypt, is related to a series of milky quartz veins along...developed late in the deformation history of the area. Although slightly sheared and boudinaged within...brittle–ductile shear regime, clearly postdating the amphibolite-facies regional metamorphism. Hydrothermal alteration...mineralised quartz veins. Keywords Gold . Betam . Egypt . Shear zone . Orogenic gold . Fluid inclusions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
National Research Centre, 12622-Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. Email: mokhles72@yahoo.com ABSTRACT: Azer, M.K...rocks of the Gabal El-Degheimi area, Central Eastern Desert of Egypt, are parts of an ophiolitic section...and under oxidizing conditions during lower amphibolite facies metamorphism. Fresh chromian spinels are...the mantle peridotites of the Gabal El-Degheimi area are similar to forearc peridotites of suprasubduction...spinel; Fore-arc. INTRODUCTION The basement rocks of Egypt form the western part of the Arabian–Nubian shield
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...Arabian-Nubian shield exposed in the Eastern Desert of Egypt have long been known to host gold, with more than...1 B asement rocks 27 o Phanerozoic rocks 3 Qena 26 6 Safaga 7 19 4 5 Hydrothermal Au deposit...vein-type gold deposits in the Eastern Desert of Egypt (compiled from Kochine and Bassuni, 1968; El-Ramly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ophiolitic rocks in the Arabian–Nubian Shield of Egypt: sources and compositions of the carbonating fluid...ophiolitic rocks in the Arabian–Nubian Shield of Egypt: sources and compositions of the carbonating fluid...ophiolitic rocks in the Arabian–Nubian Shield of Egypt: sources and compositions of the carbonating fluid...Cairo, Egypt; fGeology Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt; gDepartment...ultramafics from the Meatiq area of the Central Eastern Desert (CED) of Egypt. The samples investigated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pan African Proterozoic ophiolite complexes of Egypt Received: 26 October 1999 / Accepted: 28 June 2000...Desert of Egypt and north-east Sudan. The ultramaŸc bodies in the Eastern Desert of Egypt are mostly...podiform chromitites and associated peridotites of Egypt are similar to those of Phanerozoic ophiolites....Institute (CMRDI), P.O. Box 87, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt controlling genesis of the crust±mantle system...zone setting. The late Proterozoic ophiolites of Egypt are possibly a fragment of oceanic lithosphere modiŸed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
El-Erediya-El-Missikat Province, Eastern Desert, Egypt Mahmoud M. Hassaan 1, *, Sayed A. Omar 2 , Ahmed...El-Erediya-El-Missikat Province, Eastern Desert, Egypt. Minerals 2022, 12, 518. https://doi.org/10.3390/...Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11884, Egypt; taher_gc@azhar.edu.eg (T.M.S.); islam-elnaggar@azhar...Authority, P.O. Box 530, El Maadi, Cairo 11936, Egypt; sayedomar87@yahoo.com Department of Geological...Research Centre, El-Buhouth St., Dokki, Cairo 12622, Egypt; ahmedekhalil58@yahoo.com Department of Physics
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gold–quartz veins from the Egyptian Fawakhir–El Sid, Eastern Desert, Egypt region and give a precise age of...architecture of the Archaean eclogite-bearing amphibolite–TTG gneiss association in the Fennoscadian Shield...geochronology of granitic rocks from the Maevatanana area, Madagascar, which suggests crustal extension of...Palaeoproterozoic (2.08 Ga) time, followed by amphibolite facies metamorphism and accompanying granitization...of Neoproterozoic granitoids of the Maevatanana area, Madagascar: Implications for Neoproterozoic crustal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
has studied the field exposures in the Ben Ghnema area o f the northwestern Tibisti massif, and Ghuma and...Oweynat; N-AS = Nubian-Arabian shield. Approximate area of alkali granites (AG) in northeastern Africa is...f the Younger Granites of eastern Egypt, Rogers has visited the area, and all three have done work on...include: (1) association with high-grade (upper amphibolite facies) metamorphism; (2) restriction to local...Desert of Egypt, although some may be present in areas generally mapped as "gneiss" in southern Egypt [28]
Book (volume)
calc-alkaline granites are not evenly distributed and their area 1 2 D. Β. S T O E S E R and J. E . E L L I O...1977). The Arabian portion of the shield occupies an area of approximately 2 770,000 km and is composed of...the Arabian Shield shield and are reported from Egypt as well (Schurmann, 1966). They are typically mediumgrained...amounts of granite in the two regions. The increase in area of exposed granite from the central shield to the...plug, and several dikes of shonkinite in the Abha area in the southern part of the Asir region. Farther
 
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