CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
83 Saudi Arabia 25.31.39 N -- 037.11.20 E Jamal Daylan; Jamal Dhaylan Zn; Pb; Mn
 
Database name: World Mississippi Valley-type deposits
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: D. F. Sangster
Release date: 2015-02-06
   
Deposit name(s): Jamal Daylan; Jamal Dhaylan
Political location(s): Saudi Arabia
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Commodities: Zn; Pb; Mn
Mineralization styles: colloform banding; veins; disseminated; cavity fill; concretions; coatings
Geological ages: Middle Miocene (host rocks)
Early Miocene - Middle Miocene (country rocks)
Late Miocene (country rocks)
Tectonic setting: transitional rift (host rocks)
transitional rift (mineralization)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate
Individual lithologies:dolostone
limestone
claystone (minor)
sandstone (minor)
conglomerate (minor)
Host rock stratigraphy:Maqna group
Country rocks: (1) arkose; Country rock name: Al Wajh Formation
(2) claystone; Country rock name: Al Wajh Formation
(3) carbonate; (shallow water); Country rock name: Maqna Group
(4) anhydrite; (shallow water); Country rock name: Maqna Group
(5) claystone; Country rock name: Maqna Group
(6) sandstone; (marine); Country rock name: Maqna Group
(7) siltstone; (marine); Country rock name: Maqna Group
(8) conglomerate; (non-marine); Country rock name: Maqna Group
(9) conglomerate; Country rock name: Ghawwas-Lisan Formation
Metallogenic signatures: Zn-Pb
Mineralogy: (primary sulphide mineralization): sphalerite, galena, pyrite, marcasite, barite
(weathered mineralization): cryptomelane, hemimorphite, hydrozincite, chalcophanite, hetaerolite, hollandite, cerussite, plattnerite, pyromorphite
References:
Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005
Supplement to sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective
Appendix, in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p

Leach, D. L.; Sangster, D. F.; Kelley, K. D.; Large, R. R.; Garven, G.; Allen, C. R.; Gutzmer, J.; Walters, S., 2005
Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective
in One hundreth anniversary volume 1905-2005, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Ecomomic geology, Society of Ecomonic Geologists, 1136 p, p. 561 - 607

Sangster, D. F.; Abdulhay, G. J. S., 2005
Base Metal (Cu-Pb-Zn) Mineralization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Geological Survey, King Fahd National Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data, 128 p.

Resource data:
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported.

Estimate date: 1996; 1.176 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: weathered resource
Grade-commodity information:Zn: 5.58 percent
Pb: 1.4 percent
Cutoff grade-commodity:Zn+Pb: 2 percent
Additional resourcesEstimate date: 1996; 0.271 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: weathered resource
Grade-commodity information:Zn: 2.2 percent
Pb: 1.13 percent
Au: 0.43 percent
Reference: Sangster, D. F.; Abdulhay, G. J. S., 2005: Base Metal (Cu-Pb-Zn) Mineralization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Saudi Geological Survey, King Fahd National Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data, 128 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Reference: Sangster, D. F.; Abdulhay, G. J. S., 2005: Base Metal (Cu-Pb-Zn) Mineralization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Saudi Geological Survey, King Fahd National Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data, 128 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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