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Chalcopyrite from
Atud mine, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Atud mine, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:616952
Long-form Identifier:1:3:616952:7
GUID (UUID V4):877b57b1-2184-4351-ac85-4138e58a81cc
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
25.5km (15.9 miles) Hanglaliya, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
32.2km (20.0 miles) Sukari gold mine, Marsa Alam, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
45.2km (28.1 miles) Mueilha mine, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
46.4km (28.8 miles) Hamash mine, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
52.5km (32.6 miles) Emerald mines, Wadi Abu Rasheid, 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
62.3km (38.7 miles) Barramiya, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
62.6km (38.9 miles) Barramiya Mine, Barramiya, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
74.8km (46.5 miles) Daghbag deposit (El-Daghbag-I gold mine), 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 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 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)
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)
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...(or) pyrrhotite, in addition to subordinate chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galenea and tetrahedrite as well...Distribution and genetic characteristics, Eastern Desert, Egypt, Neoproterozoic, Accretionary orogen, Arabian-Nubian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chaleopyrite-pyrite mineralization Hamash gold mine, Southeastern Desert, Egypt M. Ezzeldin Hilmy and A. Osman Department...Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt Abstract. Pyrite, chalcopyrite, and gold occur in quartz veins...metavolcanics in the Hamash area, Southeastern Desert, Egypt. The minerals are associated in part with pyrrhotite...sulfides, and (2) fine-crystalline aggregates. Chalcopyrite occurs in three forms: (1) idiomorphic coarse...ancient times came largely from Nubia in southern Egypt. Placer deposits covered large areas. It is probable
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...pyrite, arsenopyrite and subordinate galena, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite and gold. Gold occurs in the quartz...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
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)
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...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)
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)
Jürgen Loizenbauer The Sukari Gold Mine, Eastern Desert—Egypt: structural setting, mineralogy and fluid...Abstract The Sukari gold mine (18.8 Mt @ 2.14 g/t Au) is located 15 km west of the Red Sea coast in the southern...southern central Eastern Desert of Egypt. The vein-type deposit is hosted in Late Neoproterozoic granite...dominate the sulfide ore beside minor sphalerite, chalcopyrite and galena. Gold occurs in three distinct positions:...Department, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Minia, Egypt H. Fritz Æ J. Loizenbauer Institute of Geology and
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...includes pyrite, arsenopyrite ± pyrrhotite ± chalcopyrite ± galena; gold occurs both in the veins, usually...Arabian-Nubian shield exposed in the Eastern Desert of Egypt have long been known to host gold, with more than...2002), based on studies of deposits at El-Sid and Atud (deposits 10 and 14, respectively, in Fig. 1). Other
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the Abu Zawal (Fatira) Area, Eastern Desert, Egypt Refaey M. El-Wardany 1,2 , Jiangang Jiao 1, *, Basem...in the Abu Zawal (Fatira) Area, Eastern Desert, Egypt. Minerals 2023, 13, 489. https://doi.org/10.3390/...Assiut 71524, Egypt Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha 13518, Egypt Institute...mineralization in the Abu Zawal (Fatira) mine area, North Eastern Desert of Egypt, is related to porphyritic felsite...replacements are characterized by disseminations of chalcopyrite, pyrite, and rare gold. Alteration mineralogy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lizardite, which is reported for the first time in Egypt, is found to be of common occurrence. Talc, tremolite...are of wide distribution in the Eastern Desert of Egypt and are typically of Alpine type, occurring either...of the serpentinites and talc-carbonate rocks of Egypt. About ~35 thin sections and the same number of...localities in the central and south Eastern Desert of Egypt including: the serpentine ranges of Barramyia, U...mainly pyrrhotine together with minor amounts of chalcopyrite, bravoite, pyrite, and sphalerite. The talc-carbonate
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...mineralisation (pyrite, arsenopyrite, galena, subordinate chalcopyrite and gold) is closely associated with a conspicuous
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
103, No. 8, 2018 Sulfide partial melting and chalcopyrite disease: An experimental study—Boddepalli Govindarao...mapping of hydrothermal alteration in Atud gold deposit, Egypt— Amr Abdelnasser, Mustafa Kumral, Basem...T.M. Wrighton 3D implicit modeling of the Sishen mine: New resolution of the geometry and origin of Fe...geochemistry of the sediment-hosted stratabound red bed-type Cu-Pb (Zn-Ag) mineralization in the Dozkand-Moshampa...Cu-Mo-Au prospect in the northern Eastern Desert of Egypt: Tonian porphyry-style mineralization with an Ediacaran
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
arsenopyrite and pyrite, along with minor 23 chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, bournonite and native gold...Jurassic units 118 comprise terrestrial clastic red beds. Rare Upper Triassic to Jurassic argillaceous...dominantly arsenopyrite and pyrite, with minor chalcopyrite, sphalerite, 202 galena, bournonite and native...dominantly pyrite and arsenopyrite, with minor chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, bournonite, and 214 native...predominantly 383 arsenopyrite and pyrite, with minor chalcopyrite, galena and sphalerite, whereas sulfates are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization in the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt Mohamed A. Abd El-Wahed, Hassan Harraz, Mohamed...mineralization in the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt, Ore Geology Reviews (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev...Mineralization in the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt PT Mohamed A. Abd El-Wahed1, Hassan Harraz1 and...Tanta 31527, Egypt 2 Centamin Egypt Ltd, 361 El-Horreya Road, Sedi Gaber, Alexandria, Egypt RI Abstract...NNW-oriented sinistral shear zones in Kurdeman gold mine area, within steeply dipping NW- and SE dipping
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Characterization of rectorite from the Beatrix gold mine in South Africa—Maria T. Atanasova, Anastasia Vyalikh...of geological objects: Case study at El Teniente mine (Chile)—Francky Fouedjio 255 269 283 ORE GEOLOGY...intrusive-related Au deposits at the Atud area, central Eastern Desert, Egypt—Amr Abdelnasser and Mustafa Kumral...Bo Zu, and Guozhen Zhang 57 Re-Os dating of chalcopyrite from selected mineral deposits in the Kalatag...concentration of tellurium and gold in continental red bed successions—John Parnell, Samuel Spinks, and
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
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
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-...crystals to -t" in SlZ0. 2';-x1~-" , £6 . 00 33. CHALCOPYRITE. Droislar , Sauorla nd , Gl!rmany. Bright brassy...crystallis(')d EJa rytes . 2ix2" , £4 . 75p 34 . CHALCOPYRITE. Frunch Creek , Chester Co. , Pennsy lvani a...Almadon , Ciuded R03l , Spain. Vllry rich heavy deop red massos , with odd globules of nativ a morcury . 'SpllcimLm
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Egypt a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...gabbros Petrology Geochemistry Origin South Sinai Egypt a b s t r a c t Five minor isolated intrusions...mafic–ultramafic complexes in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. They range in composition from normal, pyroxene–hornblende...mafic–ultramafic complexes in the south Eastern Desert, Egypt that analogous to the Alaskan type complexes (Helmy...basis of the geochemistry, the Younger Gabbros of Egypt reveal three main concepts: (i) Intrusive rocks
 
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