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Pyrite from Arabian Peninsula

Oman
 
  • Al Batinah North Governorate
Mawarid Mining
Mawarid Mining
    • Sohar
Ixer, R. A., Alabaster, T., & Pearce, J. A. (1984). Ore petrography and geochemistry of massive sulphide deposits within the Semail ophiolite, Oman. Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. Section B: Applied Earth Science, 93, 114-124.
Haymon, R. M., Koski, R. A., & Abrams, M. J. (1989). Hydrothermal discharge zones beneath massive sulfide deposits mapped in the Oman ophiolite. Geology, 17(6), 531-535.
Colin Sinclair (1984) Fossils of Hydrothermal Vent Worms from Cretaceous Sulfide Ores of the Samail Ophiolite, Oman Science, New Series, Vol. 223, No. 4643. (Mar. 30, 1984), pp. 1407-1409.
Ixer, R. A., Alabaster, T., & Pearce, J. A. (1984). Ore petrography and geochemistry of massive sulphide deposits within the Semail ophiolite, Oman. Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. Section B: Applied Earth Science, 93, 114-124.
Rachel M. Haymon
Randolph A. Koski
Ixer, R. A., Alabaster, T., & Pearce, J. A. (1984). Ore petrography and geochemistry of massive sulphide deposits within the Semail ophiolite, Oman. Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. Section B: Applied Earth Science, 93, 114-124.
  • Al Batinah South Governorate
Moreira, B. B. (2017). Ore mineralogy and geochemistry of the Mandoos volcanic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit, Sumail Ophiolite, Oman (Doctoral dissertation).
  • Al Wusta Governorate
    • Sayh al Uhaymir
Ivanova, M. A., Nazarov, M. A., Clayton, R. N., Mayeda, T. K., & Taylor, L. A. (2003, March). Sayh al Uhaymir 085, CV3 chondrite: mineralogical links with CK chondrites. In Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf (Vol. 24, p. 1226).
  • Dhofar Governorate
The Meteoritical Bulletin 84 (Aug.2000)
  • Muscat Governorate
    • Sib
Rajendran, S., Nasir, S., Kusky, T. M., Ghulam, A., Gabr, S., & El-Ghali, M. A. (2013). Detection of hydrothermal mineralized zones associated with listwaenites in Central Oman using ASTER data. Ore geology reviews, 53, 470-488.
Red Sea
 
[var. Bravoite] Blum and Puchelt, (1991) Sedimentary- hosted polymetallic massive sulfide deposits of the Kebrit and Shaban Deeps, Red Sea, Miner. Depos. 26:217–227
Saudi Arabia
 
  • 'Asir Region
Econ Geol (1987) 82:691-705
Charles W. Smith, R. Ernest Anderson, and M. R. Dehlavi (1976) Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Kutam Mine, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia. U. S. Geological Survey Saudi Arabian Project Report 211
USGS Open file report 85-240
  • Al-Qassim Region
    • Al Amar District
Surour, A. A., & Bakhsh, R. (2013). Microfabrics and microchemistry of sulfide ores from the 640 FW-E level at the Al Amar gold mine, Saudi Arabia. Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure, 1(3), 96-110.
www.ashgill.com.au (2011) http://www.ashgill.com.au/pdfs/Al-Amar%20Gold%20Mine.pdf
(1998) International strategic mineral issues summary report: tungsten. Circular 930-O. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/cir930o
    • Sukhaybarat al Gharbiyah (Sukhaybarat ash Sharqiyah)
Nehlig, P., Salpeteur, I., Asfirane, F., Bouchot, V., Eberlé, J. M., & Genna, A. (1999). The Mineral Potential of the Arabian Shield: A reassessment. In Proceedings of the IUGS/UNESCO Meeting on the “Base and Precious Metal Deposits in the Arabian Shield”, Jeddah, November (pp. 12-19).
  • Ha'il Region
Economic Geology (1996) 91:1414-1434
Irvine, T. N. J., & Baragar, W. R. A. (1971). A guide to the chemical classification of the common volcanic rocks. Canadian journal of earth sciences, 8(5), 523-548.
du Bray, E.A. & Stoeser, D.B. 1985. Reconnaisance Geology of the Al Hufayr Quadrangle, Sheet 27/41A, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. United States Geological Survey, Open-File Report 85-14.
  • Mecca Region
Surour, A. A., Harbi, H. M., & Ahmed, A. H. (2014). The Bi’r Tawilah deposit, central western Saudi Arabia: Supergene enrichment of a Pan-African epithermal gold mineralization. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 89, 149-163.
(1998) International strategic mineral issues summary report: tungsten. Circular 930-O. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/cir930o
Surour, A. A. (2015). Cu–Mn–Fe alloys and Mn-rich amphiboles in ancient copper slags from the Jabal Samran area, Saudi Arabia: With synopsis on chemistry of Fe–Mn (III) oxyhydroxides in alteration zones. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 101, 70-83.
  • Medina Region
Nehlig, P., Salpeteur, I., Asfirane, F., Bouchot, V., Eberlé, J. M., & Genna, A. (1999). The Mineral Potential of the Arabian Shield: A reassessment. In Proceedings of the IUGS/UNESCO Meeting on the “Base and Precious Metal Deposits in the Arabian Shield”, Jeddah, November (pp. 12-19).
Barrick Gold Corporation
Abuamarah, Bassam A., Fahad Alshehri, Mokhles K. Azer, and Paul D. Asimow. (2023) "Loveringite from the Khamal Layered Mafic Intrusion: The First Occurrence in the Arabian Shield, Northwest Saudi Arabia" Minerals 13, no. 2: 172. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13020172
Nehlig, P., Salpeteur, I., Asfirane, F., Bouchot, V., Eberlé, J. M., & Genna, A. (1999). The Mineral Potential of the Arabian Shield: A reassessment. In Proceedings of the IUGS/UNESCO Meeting on the “Base and Precious Metal Deposits in the Arabian Shield”, Jeddah, November (pp. 12-19).
Nehlig, P., Salpeteur, I., Asfirane, F., Bouchot, V., Eberlé, J. M., & Genna, A. (1999). The Mineral Potential of the Arabian Shield: A reassessment. In Proceedings of the IUGS/UNESCO Meeting on the “Base and Precious Metal Deposits in the Arabian Shield”, Jeddah, November (pp. 12-19).
Al-Shanti, A. M. S. (1995): mineral deposits in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Sci. Publ. Centre, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah
  • Najran Region
Clay M. Conway (1985) Geology and regional setting of the Al Masane ancient mine area, Southeastern Arabian Shield, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. USGS Open File Report 85-240
C. F. Blain (1978) Hydrothermal Nickelian Mackinawite in Nickel Mineralization at Wadi Qatan, Saudi Arabia. Mineralogical Magazine 42:284-286
  • Riyadh Region
Doebrich, J. L., Al-Jehani, A. M., Siddiqui, A. A., Hayes, T. S., Wooden, J. L., & Johnson, P. R. (2007). Geology and metallogeny of the Ar Rayn terrane, eastern Arabian shield: evolution of a Neoproterozoic continental-margin arc during assembly of Gondwana within the East African Orogen. Precambrian Research, 158(1), 17-50.
Testard, J., Tegyey, M., Picot, P., Maury, M., & Kosakevitch, M. (1979, June). Khnaiguiyah: Mineralization in an Acid Volcanosedimentary Environment. In Evolution and Mineralization of the Arabian-Nubian Shield: Proceedings of a Symposium Convened (Vol. 3, p. 80). Pergamon Press.
Al-Shanti, A. M. S. (1995): mineral deposits in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Sci. Publ. Centre, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah
  • Tabuk Region
    • Wejh
gisarabia.brgm.fr (2003) http://gisarabia.brgm.fr/Publications/RESUMNEW.doc
Hakim, H. D., & El-Mahdy, O. R. (1992). Sulfide assemblages and metamorphic episodes at Mahd Adh Dhabab Gold Mine, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Afifi, Abdulkader M., Kelly, William C., Essene, Eric J. (1988) Phase relations among tellurides, sulfides, and oxides; Pt. II, Applications to telluride-bearing ore deposits. Economic Geology, 83 (2) 395-404 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.83.2.395
USGS Open File Report 1976-0865
Yemen
 
  • Al Jawf Governorate
Ansan Wikfs
 
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