Characteristics and nature of gold-bearing fluids in Fatira area, North Eastern Desert of Egypt: possible transition from intrusion-related to orogenic deposits

Monsef, Mohamed Abd El; Slobodník, Marek; Salem, Ibrahim A.

doi:10.1007/s12517-020-05982-8

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“…The rich literature on the gold-bearing quartz veins from mines located in the Eastern Desert confirms the type of ore deposit and type of mineralization presented in the results [53,56,57].…”

Section: Origin Of the Quartzsupporting

confidence: 73%

“…of gold mine according to Klemm and Klemm [63]): Fatira (Abu Zawal) (5.2.2), Gidami (5.2.13), Atalla (5.2.24), Daghbag I-IV (5.3.12.1-5.3.12.3), Barramiya (5.4.5), Atud (5.4.6), Sukkari (5.4.12), Dungash (5.4.22), Hangaliya (5.4.28), and Hamash (5.4.34). The most important minerals, considered as proxies, include tetrahedrite belonging to Cu sulfosalts and cobaltite belonging to As sulfosalts [53,56,57,63]. Ni and Co played a crucial role in the selection as admixtures, as well as sphalerite, pyrite and arsenopyrite [51,52,63,72,74].…”

Section: From Gold Mining In the Eastern Desert To Faience Manufactur...mentioning

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Source of Raw Materials and Its Processing for the Manufacturing of Ptolemaic Faience Bowls from Tell Atrib (Nile Delta, Egypt)

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The provenance of siliceous grain material, the basic source of manufacturing faience items, is still a matter of discussion. The study methods applied so far have not brought satisfactory outcomes, and the results are ambiguous and problematic. Archaeological evidence has also not supplied adequate proof for establishing the sites where the source material was obtained and the methods of its preparation. Therefore, we propose an interdisciplinary approach to solve these research problems. We explore selected material of 7 faience bowls precisely dated on the c. 100 years of the Ptolemaic Period in Egypt. The body and glaze of the faience bowls was qualitatively and quantitatively tested with regard to chemical and mineral composition, and selected material parameters. Based on structural-textural analysis, as well as chemical and mineral composition, the source area of the studied raw material and its potential excavation site was determined in the Eastern Desert. The obtained results were compared with locations of mines exploiting gold-bearing quartz veins, functioning in the Ptolemaic Period. Material parameters obtained from image analysis have been applied to reconstruct the processes of crushing and grinding of the quartz material and its further treatment for faience manufacturing. Quartz treatment was analysed with regard to tools and handling processes applied in Ptolemaic mines. We assume that such an approach has given accurate results in determining the provenance of siliceous material used in the Ptolemaic workshops of Athribis. Therefore, in material studies of artefacts produced in the antiquity, it is indispensable to use an interdisciplinary and complex approach, beginning from field studies and ending with detailed laboratory analyses.

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Section: From Gold Mining In the Eastern Desert To Faience Manufactur...mentioning

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Source of Raw Materials and Its Processing for the Manufacturing of Ptolemaic Faience Bowls from Tell Atrib (Nile Delta, Egypt)

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“…The application of the integrated approaches to locate the three proposed mineral alteration zones is highly trusted, as demonstrated by zone a, which exhibits a high degree of match to the metal deposits documented at the Fatira gold mine, Gebel El Urf, Gebel Abu Kharif, and Gebel El Dob (Abu El-Leil et al, 2015;Draz et al, 2017;Abd El Monsef et al, 2020).…”

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Mapping Structurally Controlled Alterations Sparked by Hydrothermal Activity in the Fatira–Abu Zawal Area, Eastern Desert, Egypt

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Acta Geologica Sinica (Eng)

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The Eastern Desert of Egypt suffered a protracted period of deformation triggered by cratonization of the new juvenile crust known as the Arabian Nubian Shield (ANS), which has been proposed for potential gold discoveries associated with the corresponding tectonic event. The Fatira area, on the border of Egypt's Northern and Central Eastern Deserts, is covered with metavolcanic rocks twisted by a dextral relocation of the Fatira Shear Zone (FSZ) relative to the Barud magmatic body. The recent study evaluated many deformed post‐orogenic granitic intrusions and felsite dikes associated with promising mineralization localities, notably orogenic gold deposits. The combination of various field observations and remote sensing data, followed by the analysis of aeromagnetic enhanced maps, allowed the differentiation of distinct lithologies, structural features, and hydrothermal alterations in the study area. Additionally, the integrated results obtained from the different interpretation techniques are utilized to identify and confirm the previously supposed mineralized localities in the Fatira and Abu Zawal areas and predict other matched localities. The final ASTER, Sentinel 2 hydrothermal alteration, and orientation entropy heat maps demonstrate the association between these mineralized regions and major structures related to the FSZ late stage of deformation rather than other structures studied throughout the area of interest.

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Geochemical and mineralogical characteristics of some gold mine tailings in the Eastern Desert of Egypt

Redwan

2022

Front. Earth Sci.

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Characteristics and nature of gold-bearing fluids in Fatira area, North Eastern Desert of Egypt: possible transition from intrusion-related to orogenic deposits

Cited by 5 publications

References 52 publications

Source of Raw Materials and Its Processing for the Manufacturing of Ptolemaic Faience Bowls from Tell Atrib (Nile Delta, Egypt)

Source of Raw Materials and Its Processing for the Manufacturing of Ptolemaic Faience Bowls from Tell Atrib (Nile Delta, Egypt)

Mapping Structurally Controlled Alterations Sparked by Hydrothermal Activity in the Fatira–Abu Zawal Area, Eastern Desert, Egypt

Geochemical and mineralogical characteristics of some gold mine tailings in the Eastern Desert of Egypt

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