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Mineral Resources in Egypt (I): Metallic Ores

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The Geology of Egypt

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Mineral resources in Egypt are diverse. This chapter deals with the metallic ores. The chapter starts with the iron ores in Egypt and special emphasis is given to the origin of Egyptian banded iron-formations. In addition to iron, the chapter covers many types of ore deposits in Egypt including orogenic gold, Ti-rich, sulfide and precious metal, chromite, industrial metal oxides (Sn, W, Ta, Nb, and Mo) deposits as well as U occurrences in the basement rocks of Egypt and Egyptian manganese deposits.

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El Aref, M. et al. (2020). Mineral Resources in Egypt (I): Metallic Ores. In: Hamimi, Z., El-Barkooky, A., Martínez Frías, J., Fritz, H., Abd El-Rahman, Y. (eds) The Geology of Egypt. Regional Geology Reviews. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15265-9_14

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