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Plagioclase from
Gebeit Mine, Red Sea Hills, Red Sea, Sudan


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gebeit Mine, Red Sea Hills, Red Sea, Sudan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:638491
Long-form Identifier:1:3:638491:3
GUID (UUID V4):a6d5fd39-90b3-44b8-af97-7eaf489015cb
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GebeitGold Mine, DemocraticRepublic of the Sudan ISMAā€¢ M. Eā€¢ Bovsaā€¢ Abstract The Gebeit gold mine is locatedin...locatedin the northern Red Sea Hills in the Democratic Republicof the Sudan. The mineprobablywasworkedas...severalhundredthousand ounces. The rocks of the mine area are mainly silicic metavolcanics oœthe Nafirdeib... a subdivisionoœthe BasementComplex of the Red Sea Hills. The principal structuresof the region are folds...is parallel to, and perhapsassociatedwith the Red Sea riR system. Gold occurs free in quartz-pyrite-arsenopyrite
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Proterozoic island arc volcanics from Gebeit, Red Sea Hills, north-east Sudan Received: 2 August 1993/Accepted:...1994 Abstract The area of Gebeit Mine in the northern Red Sea Hills, Sudan, is built up of voluminous...According to their chemical and modal compositions the Gebeit volcanics can be devided into four groups: (a)...(a) cpx-phyric basalts with clinopyroxene and plagioclase as the dominant phenocrysts and minor opaques;...hbl-phyric basalts with hornblende, clinopyroxene, plagioclase and subordinate magnetite including one rare
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Proterozoic island arc volcanics from Gebeit, Red Sea Hills, north-east Sudan Received: 2 August 1993/Accepted:...1994 Abstract The area of Gebeit Mine in the northern Red Sea Hills, Sudan, is built up of voluminous...According to their chemical and modal compositions the Gebeit volcanics can be devided into four groups: (a)...(a) cpx-phyric basalts with clinopyroxene and plagioclase as the dominant phenocrysts and minor opaques;...hbl-phyric basalts with hornblende, clinopyroxene, plagioclase and subordinate magnetite including one rare
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evidence from granitic rocks of the Nakasib suture, NE Sudan Received: 16 January 1997 / Accepted: 30 November...sample from the neo-Proterozoic Nakasib suture in NE Sudan. Chemical data indicate that the samples are medium-...of deformation associated with suturing of the Gebeit and Haya terranes to have ended by approximately...therefore is the most convincing demonstration that sea-floor spreading occurred in Precambrian times. 2...granitic intrusions from the Nakasib suture in NE Sudan. These data indicate that the interval 790ā€“710 Ma
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Great Britain Late Precambrian volcanism in NE Sudan and the evolution of the Nubian Shield A.H. EL-NADI... Khartoum University, P.O. Box 321, Khartoum, Sudan Abstract - Two recent models : the intxa-cratonic...batholithic granitoids of the Nubian Shield, NE Sudan. New geochemical and mineralogical data indicate...occurring in the main study area, here named the Gebeit Mine arc. Trace and REE studies suggest that the rocks...Shield is also reported. INTRODUCTION The Red Sea Hills, NE S u d a n form a distinct physiographic
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Jebel Ohier Porphyry Copper Deposit, Red Sea Hills, Northeastern Sudan Frank P. Bierlein,1,ā€  Warren Potma...2CSA Mining Co. Ltd., P.O. Box 7828, Khartoum, Sudan Global Pty. Ltd., P.O. Box 141, West Perth, Western...of Au at 0.15% Cu cutoff) in the Red Sea Hills of northeastern Sudan have bracketed the age of mineralization...magmatic activity coinciding with the suturing of the Gebeit terrane at ca. 724 Ma. In spite of, or perhaps...type in the Neoproterozoic basement successions of Sudan and neighboring countries. Other mineralization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Northern Red Sea Hill-, Sudan By B. P. RUXTON ABSTRACT The Basement Complex rocks of the Northern Red Sea...Sea Hills, Sudan, are believed to be pre-Cambrian in age. They can be divided into three major sedimentary...succession proposed by the author is as follows :ā€” Red granite. Injection granite. Awat series. (Unconformity...Northern Red Sea Hills of the Sudan described is bounded by longitude 36Ā° 00' east, the Red Sea, and latitude...North-East Sudan (scale approx. 1 : 15,000,000). The Northern Red Sea Hills 315 The 1 : 250,000 Sudan Survey
Journal (issue)
Geology and Mineral Resources Geochronology of the Sudan J R VAIL \..OGJCA 26NOV\990 llBRARi Ā© J R Vail...Background 2 History of geochronological research in the Sudan 2 Methods and standardisation of results 3 Geological...Geographic locations 4 Outline of the geology of the Sudan 4 Geochronological data and interpretation 8 Age...the gneissic terrains of the western and central Sudan 8 Age determinations from the volcanosedimentary...volcanosedimentary greenschist terrains of the eastern Sudan 15 Age of anorogenic magmatic events 26 Age determinations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bayuda Desert high-grade metamorphic basement (Sudan): an early Pan-African oceanic convergent margin...can be excluded) than the neighbouring Gabgabaā€“ Gebeit terrane (mNd, ca. + 7) from the Arabianā€“ Nubian...succession occur in many parts of central and western Sudan, suggesting a comparable geodynamic evolution. It...boundaries of the ESGC (Cameroon, Centrafrican Republic, Sudan), records of the pre-Neoproterozoic evolution have...approximately with the course of River Nile in Sudan and Egypt. In this paper, we present results of
Report (issue)
THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE SUDAN MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND MINING GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT...OF 1:2 000 000 OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE SUDAN 1981 Edition by AHMED AWADALLA YASSIN FATHI ALI...Netherlands 1984 ISRIC THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE SUDAN AM. UBPARY QLI, W^pp'il'^'jon. T'.r M.-thcJ-...OF 1:2000000 OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE SUDAN 1981 Edition by AHIVIED AWADALLA YASSIN FATHI A...Generalities 11 B - Description by area 12 a) Red Sea Hills 13 1) 2) 3) 4) Kashebib Series Nafirdeib
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Egypt and well into the Nubian territories of NE Sudan, it was only reasonable to extend our field work...zone between the 22nd and 18th parallels N, in Sudan. In all, we managed to record approximately 250...Authority) and GRAS (Geological Research Authority of Sudan), essentially compiled as a result of the joint...Ltd. and its subsidiaries, Minex-Egypt and Minex-Sudan, became accessible through archives in the UK and...in every respect during our stays in Cairo. In Sudan as well, we were very lucky to be able of benefitting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of late Proterozoic ophiolites in Egypt and the Sudan using the single grain zircon evaporation technique...CGeological Research Authority, Red Sea Hills Office, P.O, Box 5 73, Port Sudan, Sudan dEgyptian Geological Survey...of late Proterozoic ophiolites in Egypt and the Sudan using the single grain zircon evaporation technique...Arabian-Nubian Shield ( ANS ) in Egypt and the Sudan, as well as post-ophiolite granites have been dated...from the Onib ophiolite in the northern Red Sea Hills, Sudan, contains zircons with a 2Ā°Tpb/2Ā°6pb age
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
major Pan-African terranes (SE Desert, Gabgaba, and Gebeit terranes). The north Hamisana shear zone area (NHSZ)...mapped remote region not only in Egypt but also in Sudan. For these reasons, we integrated image transformation...Nā€“S from northeastern Sudan into southeastern Egypt and meets the present Red Sea coast at 23Ā° N (de Wall...major Pan-African terranes (SE Desert, Gabgaba, and Gebeit terranes) (Fig 1a,b), and interpreted as a transpressional...cutting Neoproterozoic rocks in south Egypt and north Sudan, showing the location of the study area within the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and indicate that accretion between the Gabgabaā€“Gebeitā€“Hijaz terranes to the south and the SE Desertā€“Midyan...advects into the wedge and forms the ophiolite by sea-ļ¬‚oor spreading, then subsequent inļ¬‚ux of hot depleted...2003) and is the focus of this report. With the Red Sea closed, the suture extends āˆ¼Eā€“W for at least 600...along the border between Egypt and Sudan to Jabal Gerf near the Red Sea (Fig. 2). Here, the suture is thought...and continues NE along the Onib segment to the Red Sea, across which it can be traced into northwestern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the Neoā€ proterozoic Haweit gold deposit, NE Sudan: Implications for the origin and source of the sulfur...from the Neoproterozoic Haweit gold deposit, NE Sudan: Implications for the origin and source of the sulfur...from the Neoproterozoic Haweit gold deposit, NE Sudan: Implications for the origin and source of the sulfur...Minerals, University of Bahri, Khartoum North,11116 Sudan. dGeosciences eALNA Dept., U Texas at Dallas...TX USA W ATE FOR GOLD&COPPER CO.LTD, Khartoum, Sudan. Corresponding authors:1- Munir Mohammed E- mail
Journal (issue)
mineral deposits of the Democratic Republic of the Sudan and adjacent areas ..--ā€¢ Ā· Ā·-- --- . ... Ā·-Ā·-Ā·Ā·...Kordofan Province 7 Southern and south-western Sudan, northern Uganda, Zaire, and Central African Republic...Uweinat inlier 11 Bayuda and Nubian deserts and Red Sea Hills 12 Nile Valley from Wadi Halfa to the Third...Tehilla, Red Sea Prc)vince 14 Port Sudan and the central Red Sea Hills 14 Northern Red Sea Hills of Sudan...and Butana Plains of central Sudan 17 Southern Blue Nile Province of Sudan and the western borders of Ethiopia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Prospecting of Wadi Umm Beckol-Wadi Akasha Area, Northern Sudan Based on Remote Sensing Babiker I. S.1, *, Elsayed...Department of Geology, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan Department of Geology, Faculty of Petroleum and...and Minerals, Alneelain University, Khartoum, Sudan Email address insafsanhouri@gmail.com (Babike I. S...Prospecting of Wadi Umm Beckol-Wadi Akasha Area, Northern Sudan Based on Remote Sensing. American Journal of Earth...arid area of Wadi Umm Beckol-Wadi Akasha, northern Sudan. Geological traverses and way points for geological
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
evolution of the central-eastern Bayuda Desert (Sudan) David Evuk a,āˆ— , Gerhard Franz a , Dirk Frei b...t r a c t In the central-eastern Bayuda Desert (Sudan), a border area between the Saharan Metacraton and...in the central-eastern Bayuda Desert, Northern Sudan, is located west of the River Nile and west of the...approximate boundary of the Nubian Shield in Sudan and Southern Sudan. (b) Terrane distribution and major tectonic...tectonic elements of north-east Sudan (compiled from Abdelsalam et al., 2002; Johnson and Woldehaimanot
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Peninsula, Sinai, Eastern Desert of Egypt, the Red Sea Hills of Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia (Fig. 1). The Arabian-Nubian...south-western Arabia (Kroner et al., 19921, in Sudan (Reischmann, 1986; Reischmann et al., 1992; Reischmann...which are exposed in the plateau and along the Red Sea escarpment (Ghebreab, 1999). The geology of Central...quartz, and totally saussuritized and sericitized plagioclase. Magmatic zircons from a syn-kinematic diorite...Ma (Teklay, 1997). The tonalite consists of plagioclase and quartz, with minor amphibole, biotite and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metavolcanic rocks of similar ages from southern Sudan, the metavolcanic rocks from Nakfa display lower...Peninsula, Sinai, Eastern Desert of Egypt, the Red Sea Hills of Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia (Fig. 1). Isotopic...south-western Arabia (KroĢˆner et al., 1992), in Sudan (Reischmann, 1986; Reischmann et al., 1992) and...aphanitic and porphyritic with phenocrysts of plagioclase and pseudomorphs of basic minerals. Basic metavolcanic...partially to wholly epidotized and/or sericitized plagioclase, epidote, chlorite, and actinolite. The metavolcanic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Peninsula, Sinai, Eastern Desert of Egypt, the Red Sea Hills of Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia. Lateral crustal...south-western Arabia (Kroner et al., 1992), in Sudan (Reischmann, 1986; Reischmann et al., 1992; Reischmann...exposed in the central Eritrea plateau and along the Red Sea escarpment (Ghebreab, 1999). The study area is...correlates negatively with MgO until the onset of plagioclase fractionation at about 3-4 wt.% MgO (Fig. 5)...olivine, Ca-rich pyroxene, titanomagnetite and plagioclase. Chondritenormalized REE patterns for the metabasalts
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
especially ophiolites in southern Egypt and NE Sudan. These complications are particularly severe for...ophiolites of the ANS are documented from Egypt, Sudan and Saudi Arabia and are suspected to exist in Eritrea...be traced for ~400 km from Lake Nasser to the Red Sea. This is the western part of a much longer ophiolite-decorated...Ariab-Nakasib-Thurwah-Bir Umq suture farther south in Arabia and Sudan (Johnson et al. 2004) to be one of the two longest...ophiolite-decorated sutures in the ANS. With the Red Sea closed, the YOSHGAH ophiolite belt can be traced
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cryogenian I-Type Granodiorites from Gabgaba Terrane (NE Sudan) Mabrouk Sami 1 , Munir M. A. Adam 2, *, Xinbiao...Cryogenian I-Type Granodiorites from Gabgaba Terrane (NE Sudan). Minerals 2023, 13, 331. https:// doi.org/10.3390/min13030331...Minerals, University of Bahri, Khartoum North 11116, Sudan Correspondence: munirkonil@hotmail.com (M.M.A.A...Haweit granodiorites in the Gabgaba Terrane (NE Sudan). The dated zircons presented a 206 Pb/238 U Concordia...Cryogenian; partial melting; Gabgaba Terrane; NE Sudan Accepted: 23 February 2023 Published: 27 February
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mountainous region on the border between Egypt and Sudan. Moreover, the available geologic maps differ in...the SiO4 tetrahedra in olivine, pyroxene, and plagioclase (e.g. Rockwell and Hofstra 2008). Alteration...close to the Nile to the coastal plain along the Red Sea (Figure 1). At its midpoint, the suture is overprinted...Sol Hamed ophiolites and continues, east of the Red Sea, into the Arabian Shield in the vicinity of Yanbu...terrane, to the north, and the 830ā€“720 Ma Gabgaba and Gebeit terranes to the south (e.g. Abdelsalam et al. 2003)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from Egypt south to Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia on the western ļ¬‚ank of the Red Sea and on the eastern...Ar Rayn Afif Aswan Sudan 20Ėš 400 Km Fig. 1B Egypt 25Ėš 45Ėš Jeddah Gebeit Asir Legend Haya Oceanic...Arabia and Central Eastern Desert of Egypt with Red Sea closed (modiļ¬ed from Sultan et al., 1993); locations...correlative terranes on the complementary ļ¬‚ank of the Red Sea be considered (Fig. 1a). In this context, there...similar units are well-exposed on both sides of the Red Sea. The Arabian part of the ANS is known as the Arabian
 
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