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Sphalerite from
El Sid Mine, Qift area, Qena Governorate, Egypt


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view El Sid Mine, Qift area, Qena Governorate, Egypt
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:566223
Long-form Identifier:1:3:566223:4
GUID (UUID V4):f2f0b627-e6d1-4e94-a9f0-28520ea7e3b2
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
18.5km (11.5 miles) ⓘAtalla Mine, Qena Governorate, Egypt
44.0km (27.4 miles) ⓘWadi Kariem, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
44.9km (27.9 miles) ⓘGidami deposit, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
49.0km (30.4 miles) ⓘSemna mine, Bir Semna, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
54.7km (34.0 miles) ⓘEl Atshan mine, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
69.1km (42.9 miles) ⓘDaghbag deposit (El-Daghbag-I gold mine), Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
98.4km (61.1 miles) ⓘUm Samra-Um Bakra shear zone, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
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...Nb–Ta and U mineralization in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. Anorogenic gold mineralization connected with post-orogenic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Granitoid-associated gold mineralization in Egypt: a case study from the Atalla mine Basem Zoheir 1,2 & Fatma Deshesh...Deshesh 3 & Curt Broman 4 & Iain Pitcairn 4 & Ahmed El-Metwally 3 & Shabaan Mashaal 3 Received: 30 April...monzogranite intrusion in the Eastern Desert of Egypt are controlled by subparallel NE-trending brittle...more commonly as intergrowths with galena and sphalerite/tetrahedrite in microfractures. Arsenopyrite... electrum, and Bi-galena are associated with sphalerite and gold in the late assemblage. The early and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gold mineralization in the Fawakhir area, Eastern Desert, Egypt B.A. Zoheira*, R.A. Creaserb and B. Lehmannc...Geology, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha, Egypt; bEarth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of...gold-quartz veins in the ancient Egyptian Fawakhir–El Sid gold mining district in the central Eastern Desert...as well as the oldest geologic and mine map. The Fawakhir–El Sid district is part of a regional NNWtrending...veins includes pyrite-arsenopyrite-pyrrhotite-sphalerite-galena-chalcopyrite-electrum plus a number of
Report (chapter)
2015 Fluid evolution in the El-Sid gold deposit, Eastern Desert, Egypt BASEM ZOHEIR1* & ROBERT MORITZ2...Geology, Faculty of Science, Benha University, 13518 Egypt 2 Earth and Environmental Sciences, University...Auriferous quartz (+carbonate) veins in the El-Sid mine cut through the western margin of the Fawakhir...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)
Geology, Benha Faculty of Science, Benha 13518, Egypt A. K. EL-SHAZLY,† Geology Department, Marshall University...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...(603–575 Ma) event dominated by alkalic granites (e.g., El-Gaby et al., 1990, and references therein). Although...granites into older basement rocks (e.g., Amin, 1955; El-Shazly, 1957; and Klemm et al., 2001). Klemm et al
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Amr Abd El-Raouf 1, * , Fikret Doğru 2 , Kamal Abdelrahman 3 , Mohammed S. Fnais 3 , Ahmed El Manharawy...2 3 4 * Citation: El-Raouf, A.A.; Doğru, F.; Abdelrahman, K.; Fnais, M.S.; El Manharawy, A.; Amer...Science, Zagazig University, Sharkia Governorate, Zagazig 44519, Egypt Construction, Oltu Vocational College...e rocks around the Wadi El-Saqia area in the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt. Our approach combines airborne...structural orientations are prevalent in the studied area, with depths ranging from less than 50 m to about
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...CR from the El Sid orogenic gold deposit. Today, Sukari is the single major producing mine in US the...pyrrhotite, in addition to subordinate chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galenea and tetrahedrite as well as alteration...Distribution and genetic characteristics, Eastern Desert, Egypt, Neoproterozoic, Accretionary orogen, Arabian-Nubian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metallogeny of the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt Yasser Abd El-Rahman a a b Sharkawi & Amir Said c d...e f , Mohamed El- a a Department of Geology, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt b Ministry of...Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences...article: Yasser Abd El-Rahman , Ali Polat , Yildirim Dilek , Tim M. Kusky , Mohamed El-Sharkawi & Amir Said...and metallogeny of the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt, International Geology Review, 54:16, 1870-1884
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALIZED ZONE OF THE EL SID GOLD MINE, EASTERN DESERT, EGYPT A. M. EL-BOUSEtLY, GeologyDepartment...AlexandriaUniversity, Alexandria,Egypt M. F. GHONEIM, GeologyDepartment,Tanta University,Tanta, Egypt A. I. ARSLAN, GeologyDepartment...AlexandriaUniversity,Alexandria,Egypt AND H. Z. HARRAZ GeologyDepartment,Tanta University,Tanta,Egypt Gold occurrences...contiguousveinletsandoffshoots forminga veinzoneover Egypt. The E1 Sid-Fawakhirarea (Fig. 1) is among 100 m thick...areacomprises their strikeandabout450 m alongtheir dip (El Ramly varietiesof igneousand metamorphicrocksof the
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
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)
gold-bearing sulfide minerals, El Sid Gold Mine, Eastern Desert, Egypt A. M. EI-Bouseily, M. A. EI-Dahhar...Science, Alexandria University, Egypt Abstract. Gold deposits at E1 Sid are confined to hydrothermal quartz...quartz veins which contain pyrite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite and galena. These veins occur at the contact...with early pyrite and arsenopyrite followed by sphalerite and galena. Gold was deposited during both stages...stages, largely intergrown with sphalerite and filling microfractures in pyrite and arsenopyrite. Spectrochemical
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
Report (chapter)
deposits and their fluids from the USA, Brazil, Egypt, Slovakia and Bulgaria and numerical modelling aimed...mineralogy (quartz, carbonates, pyrite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite), properties of the quartz-hosted, aqueous-carbonic...the craton. The Precambrian El-Sid orogenic gold deposit from Eastern Egypt is discussed by Zoheir & Moritz...This is one of the most important gold deposits of Egypt, whose exploitation history dates back to the pharaonic...massive quartzcarbonate-pyrite-arsenopyrite-galena-sphalerite veins crosscutting a monzonite intrusion and
Book
Zakaria Hamimi · Ahmed El-Barkooky · JesĂșs MartĂ­nez FrĂ­as · Harald Fritz · Yasser Abd El-Rahman Editors The...The Geology of Egypt Regional Geology Reviews Series Editors Roland OberhĂ€nsli, Potsdam, Brandenburg...require when beginning investigations in a particular area and are encouraged to include as much information... Zakaria Hamimi ‱ Ahmed El-Barkooky JesĂșs MartĂ­nez FrĂ­as ‱ Harald Fritz ‱ Yasser Abd El-Rahman Editors The...Geology of Egypt 123 ‱ Editors Zakaria Hamimi Department of Geology Benha University Benha, Egypt JesĂșs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Um Garayat gold deposit, Wadi Allaqi district, Egypt Basem Zoheir 1,2 & Ashraf Emam 3 & Iain K. Pitcairn...replaced in part by pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, and gersdorffite. Freemilling gold occurs...deposit . Wadi Allaqi . South Eastern Desert of Egypt . Isotope C . O and Sr data of carbonate . EPMA...Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha 13518, Egypt Institute of Geosciences, University of Kiel, Ludewig-Meyn...Faculty of Science, Aswan University, Aswan 81528, Egypt 4 Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm
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...Keywords: Shear zone Orogenic gold Um El Tuyor Eastern Desert Allaqi Egypt A B S T R A C T Although gold production...of the Red Sea in Upper Egypt and northern Sudan. In the Eastern Desert of Egypt, numerous but small gold...Neoproterozoic crystalline basement rocks. The Um El Tuyor gold deposit, in the extreme south of the Eastern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
com/loi/tigr20 Ediacaran (~ 600 Ma) orogenic gold in Egypt: age of the Atalla gold mineralization and its geological...Jian-Wei Zi, Brent Turrin, Fatma Deshesh & Ahmed El-Metwally To cite this article: Basem Zoheir, Mark...Fatma Deshesh & Ahmed El-Metwally (2018): Ediacaran (~ 600 Ma) orogenic gold in Egypt: age of the Atalla...ARTICLE Ediacaran (~ 600 Ma) orogenic gold in Egypt: age of the Atalla gold mineralization and its geological...Ahmed El-Metwallye a Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha, Egypt; bInstitute
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Jürgen Loizenbauer The Sukari Gold Mine, Eastern Desert—Egypt: structural setting, mineralogy and fluid... Springer-Verlag 2004 Abstract The Sukari gold mine (18.8 Mt @ 2.14 g/t Au) is located 15 km west of...coast in the southern central Eastern Desert of Egypt. The vein-type deposit is hosted in Late Neoproterozoic...arsenopyrite dominate the sulïŹde ore beside minor sphalerite, chalcopyrite and galena. Gold occurs in three...hydrothermal ore deposits. The structural evolution of the area suggests a longterm, cyclic process of repeated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
    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)
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...mineralised quartz veins. Keywords Gold . Betam . Egypt . Shear zone . Orogenic gold . Fluid inclusions...Geology, Benha Faculty of Science, 13518 Benha, Egypt e-mail: basem.zoheir@gmail.com Introduction The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(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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plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) analysis. Sphalerite and magnetite contained 0.1–0.16 ± 0.02 ”g/g...10−2 . Sphalerite and magnetite were the weakest Au absorbers, although Fe impurity in sphalerite facilitated...was estimated (”g/g Au): low-Fe sphalerite = 0.7, high-Fe sphalerite = 5, magnetite = 1, pyrite = 3,...pyrite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite and galena at the El Sid gold mine (Eastern Desert, Egypt). However, gold...samples from the mine (ppm: 19–210 in pyrite, 5–535 in arsenopyrite, 10–181 in sphalerite, and 15–115 in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Northwestern Part of Wadi Allaqi Area, South Eastern Desert, Egypt Ahmed M. El-Makky1,3 and Kadry N. Sediek2...northwestern part of Wadi Allaqi area, Eastern Desert, Egypt. The area comprises Precambrian metasediments...well as the stream sediments draining Um Garayat area and the quartz-porphyry stock with high abundance...hosted mineralizations that signify a promising area for detailed exploration. KEY WORDS: Allaqi shear...analyses, geochemical associations. (Fig. 1). This area has arid climatic nature (Cancer zone), where rarely
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Betam gold deposit, south Eastern Desert, Egypt: mass-volume-mineralogical changes and stable isotope...along the western side of the Red Sea in Upper Egypt and northern Sudan were worked out by the ancient...for thousands of years. In the Eastern Desert of Egypt, numerous but small gold deposits are generally...directions. Gold mineralisation at the Betam mine area, south Eastern Desert, is related to a series...at least partly in gold deposition in the study area. A decrease in the whole rock d18O values from un-altered
 
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