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Pyrrhotite from
Atud mine, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Atud mine, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:616947
Long-form Identifier:1:3:616947:3
GUID (UUID V4):3cd6e17f-7fd9-4f81-a368-c3f0cec99f6b
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
39.5km (24.6 miles) Um Samra-Um Bakra shear zone, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
46.4km (28.8 miles) Hamash mine, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
54.7km (34.0 miles) Um Rus Mine, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
55.3km (34.4 miles) Dungash Mine, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
62.6km (38.9 miles) Barramiya Mine, Barramiya, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
94.3km (58.6 miles) Western Mine, Um Samiuki, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
95.1km (59.1 miles) Eastern Mine, Um Samiuki, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of gold-bearing fluids in Atud gold deposit, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt Amr Abdelnasser & Mustafa...of gold-bearing fluids in Atud gold deposit, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt, International Geology Review...of gold-bearing fluids in Atud gold deposit, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt Amr Abdelnassera,b and Mustafa...Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha, Egypt ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY Electron microprobe analyses...genesis of the Atud gold deposit hosted in the metagabbro–diorite complex of Gabal Atud (Central Eastern
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)
    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
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chaleopyrite-pyrite mineralization Hamash gold mine, Southeastern Desert, Egypt M. Ezzeldin Hilmy and A. Osman Department...Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt Abstract. Pyrite, chalcopyrite, and gold occur in...Southeastern Desert, Egypt. The minerals are associated in part with pyrrhotite, digenite, tetrahedrite...ancient times came largely from Nubia in southern Egypt. Placer deposits covered large areas. It is probable...illustrating mine features was that of King Siti I (1,350-1,205 B.C.) of the Fawakhir mine on the Qena-Quseir
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Science, Zagazig University, Sharkia Governorate, Zagazig 44519, Egypt Construction, Oltu Vocational College...El-Saqia area in the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt. Our approach combines airborne geophysical data...sampling, which indicates that pyrite, galena, pyrrhotite, and electrum contain good percentages of gold...magnetic; geochemical; structure; CET; porphyry; gold; Egypt min13020237 Academic Editor: Stanisław Mazur Received:...The central part of the Eastern Desert (CED) in Egypt is regarded as a location rich in mineral resources
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...veins dominated by pyrite, arsenopyrite, and (or) pyrrhotite, in addition to subordinate chalcopyrite, sphalerite...Distribution and genetic characteristics, Eastern Desert, Egypt, Neoproterozoic, Accretionary orogen, Arabian-Nubian
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...arsenopyrite and subordinate galena, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite and gold. Gold occurs in the quartz veins and...2–2.6 kbar. Based on the arsenopyrite–pyrite– pyrrhotite cotectic, arsenopyrite (30.4–30.7 wt.% As) associated...mineralised quartz veins. Keywords Gold . Betam . Egypt . Shear zone . Orogenic gold . Fluid inclusions
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)
Desert, Egypt M. E GHONEIM Dept. of Geology, Faculty of Sciences Tanta University,Tanta, Egypt Abstract...gabbroicrocks from the central Easte~ Desert of Egypt (Sid Metagabbros, MG, and Younger Gabbro, YG) have...a n belt of t h e E a s t e r n D e s e r t of Egypt ( 1 0 0 0 - 5 5 0 M.a.) c o n t a i n s two e s...s s e s are intimately associated with or YG [G. Atud) a n d MG (El Sid, Wlzr, El Gemal a n d else emplaced...Longtitute Area in km 2 References Um Rus Gabbro G. Atud Gabbro 25 ° 25'-25 ° 30'N 34 ° 30'-34 ° 35'E
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...minerals include an early pyrite-arsenopyrite (±pyrrhotite) mineralization, partly replaced by a late p...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
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...ore mineralogy includes pyrite, arsenopyrite ± pyrrhotite ± chalcopyrite ± galena; gold occurs both in...usually included in arsenopyrite, pyrite, or pyrrhotite next to fragments of altered country rocks, or...Arabian-Nubian shield exposed in the Eastern Desert of Egypt have long been known to host gold, with more than
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)
of the Betam gold deposit, south Eastern Desert, Egypt: mass-volume-mineralogical changes and stable isotope...lode fields along the western side of the Red Sea in Upper Egypt and northern Sudan were worked out by the...for thousands of years. In the Eastern Desert of Egypt, numerous but small gold deposits are generally...different directions. Gold mineralisation at the Betam mine area, south Eastern Desert, is related to a series...alteration geochemistry of Betam gold deposit, Egypt mineralised quartz veins and adjacent wallrock
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)
mafic-ultramafic intrusion, South Eastern Desert of Egypt: Evidence of Ti-rich ferropicritic magmatism Mohamed...mafic-ultramafic intrusion, South Eastern Desert of Egypt: Evidence of Ti-rich ferropicritic magmatism, Gondwana...mafic-ultramafic intrusion, South Eastern Desert of Egypt: Evidence of Ti-rich ferropicritic magmatism Mohamed...Kafrelsheikh, Egypt Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt 3 Department...km2) intrusions in the Southern Eastern Desert of Egypt. The intrusion consists of Fe-Ti-bearing dunite
Book
· 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 Jesús...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
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...Auriferous quartz (+carbonate) veins in the El-Sid mine cut through the western margin of the Fawakhir granitic...southern and central sectors of the Eastern Desert of Egypt, whereas gold occurrences confined to granitic intrusions...mafic/ultramafic rocks (e.g. Atalla, El-Sid, Um Rus, Atud, Sukari). Free gold and base metals are thought
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Jurassic units 118 comprise terrestrial clastic red beds. Rare Upper Triassic to Jurassic argillaceous... and the 279 purity of pyrite, galena, and pyrrhotite separates was >99%. S isotopic analyses were...430 elements were released by the pyrite to pyrrhotite conversion (Tomkins, 2010); (2) fluids released...via fluid– 469 rock interactions), e.g., at the Atud and Nutekin deposits (Abdelnasser et al., 2017,...gold-bearing fluids in Atud gold 541 deposit, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt. Int. Geol. Rev. 59(15)
Catalog/List
spDcim8n A - 1tx1", £4 . 00 14. 8ARYTES. Floranca Mine , Egremont , Cumb8rland. Fine g roup of larg8 lustrous...2x1tx1-}" , £10. 00 16. 8ISMUTHI NITE . South CroftI' Mine , Illogan , Cornwall. Sp8cimen A: Bright Silvery-...Almadon , Ciuded R03l , Spain. Vllry rich heavy deop red massos , with odd globules of nativ a morcury . 'SpllcimLm...Poldory Mino , Gwenna p , Cornwoli. Smcill sharp duop red crystnls to 4 mm in siw lining covitius in crystnllinu...crystals. 1tx1" , £5.75p 48. DOLDMITE. FlorencL Mine , Egrumont , Cumberl a nd. Lustrous creamy curvud
Book
in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Mali, Mauritania, Egypt, Sudan, and Eritrea. Originally our goal was to...vein-type gold mineralization in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. The following contribution, by C. Marignac, D.E...with a focus on deposits in Eritrea, Sudan, and Egypt. The second paper is by M. Bouabdellah, M. Hibti...Vein-Type Gold Mineralization in the Eastern Desert of Egypt: Mineralogical and Geochemical Constraints. . ....Mauritania, Algeria, Mali, Niger, Sudan, Eritrea, Egypt, and Morocco. Geological aspects of the major cratons
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of gold-associated alteration zones in Atud gold deposit, Egypt. This was achieved through applying PCA...lithological mapping in the south-eastern desert of Egypt based on the Landsat-8 data, while applying the...mapping of hydrothermal alteration in Atud gold deposit, Egypt. J. African Earth Sci. 145, 317-330. Abedi...zones in um rus area, central eastern desert of egypt. Adv. Space Res. 49, 121–134. Amusuk, D.J., Hashim...shield, the Neoproterozoic Wadi Kid area, Sinai, Egypt. Gondwana Res. 11, 326–335. Gahlan, H., Ghrefat
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Genesis of the Samut gold deposit, Eastern Desert, Egypt Basem Zoheir, Matthew Steele-MacInnis, Dieter Garbe-Schönberg...Genesis of the Samut gold deposit, Eastern Desert, Egypt, Ore Geology Reviews (2018), doi: https://doi.org/10...Genesis of the Samut gold deposit, Eastern Desert, Egypt Basem Zoheir1,2*, Matthew Steele-MacInnis3, Dieter...Faculty of Science, Benha University, 13518 Benha, Egypt of Geosciences, University of Kiel, Ludewig-Meyn...vein-type gold mineralization in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, which shares many geologic features with other
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
~ 180 Ma which were isolated by the Paleo-Tethys Sea (Rogers, 1996; Golonka, 2004; Kazmi and Abbasi, 2008)...(Tahirkheli et al., 2005; Heu­ berger et al., 2007). Red shales of the Purit Formation (120 ± 31 Ma; Zeitler...serpentinite and talc schists and separates the Purit red clastics from the metamorphosed volcanic (greenschists)...avoid matrix effects. In addition, SP-Po-01 (pyrrhotite; δ34SV-CDT = 1.4‰ ± 0.4‰) and SP-CP-01 (chalcopyrite;...green square symbols indicate granodiorites, and red circles symbols indicate chlorite-epidote-sericite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Trial U/G mine CT MCt 41,300 0.1–1 Drillcore CT MCt, HCgd, 2,700,000 THg Historic U/G mine CT THg...granodiorite; O/C open cut mine; oz ounces; THg Towers Hill granite; U/G underground mine a Cummulative (from...Puzzler granodiorite; 5 foot-wall granodiorite (local mine term, corresponds to an unassigned intrusion of...Rienks 1997); 6 hanging-wall granodiorite (local mine term, corresponds to the Boatswain granodiorite...H Highway-Reward mine; HC Hadleigh Castle lodes; L Ladybird reef; ML Mt Leyshon mine; MSL Maude St Ledger
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University, Townsville, 4011 QLD, Australia Geita Gold Mine, Geita, P.O. Box 532, Geita Region, Tanzania School...the D6 shear zones. zone (Fig. 2; Iyoda Shear in mine terminology) cuts and displaces the entire ironstone...chlorite–epidote–calcite ± actinolite–pyrite ± pyrrhotite and is best developed in diorite, where it can...The authors would like to acknowledge Geita Gold Mine and AngloGold Ashanti for sponsoring this work and...implications for geotechnical design. Geita Gold Mine internal report – unpublished. Bateman, R., Bierlien
 
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