Database name: |
World Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Deposits |
Custodial agency: |
Society of Economic Geologists & Geological Survey of Canada |
Compilers: |
J. M. Franklin, H. L. Gibson, I. R. Jonasson, and A. G. Galley |
Release date: |
2015-03-23 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Um Samiuki (deposit name) |
Political location(s): |
Egypt |
Deposit clan (type): |
Volcanogenic massive sulphide |
Deposit (sub) types: |
Bimodal felsic; 4 |
Geologic province: |
Pan African |
Geologic subprovince: |
Red Sea Hills |
Commodities: |
Cu; Pb; Zn; Ag |
Geological ages: |
Neoproterozoic (host rocks) |
Radiometric ages: |
Age - Ma: 710; Event dated: mineralization; Interpretive comment: approximate age reported in SEG Centennial Volume appendix |
References: |
Helmy, H. M.; Kamel, O. A.; El-Mahallawi, M. M., 1999 |
Silver- and Silver-bearing Minerals from the Precambrian Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposit, Um Samiuki, Eastern Desert, Egypt |
in Mineral Deposits: Processes to Processing; Proceedings of the Fifth Biennial SGA Meeting and the Tenth Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium, London, Aug 22-25, 1999, Edited by Stanley, C. J., Proceedings (Two Volumes), Society of Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits, Rotterdam ; Brookfield, VT : A.A. Balkema, 1999, V 2, 1468 p, p. 163 - 166 |
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Resource data: |
Disclaimer - Reserves/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. |
0.3 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: geological resourceGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 1.15 percent Pb: 1.1 percent Zn: 11.5 percent Ag: 900 grams/metric ton | Reference: Franklin, J. M.; Gibson, H. L.; Jonasson, I. R.; Galley, A. G., 2005: Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Deposits; Appendices on CD-ROM, Section [Franklin] Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits, in Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, Edited by Hedenquist, J. W.; Thompson, J. F. H.; Goldfarb, R. J.; Richards, J. P., Special Volume, Society of Economic Geology, 1146 p., 1 disks Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |