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Pyrite from
Um Samiuki deposit, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Um Samiuki deposit, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1492863
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1492863:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Pyrite in this Region
Eastern Mine, Um Samiuki deposit, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
Helgate prospect (Hilgit deposit), Um Samiuki deposit, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
Maaqal deposit, Um Samiuki deposit, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
Western Mine, Um Samiuki deposit, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘWestern Mine, Um Samiuki deposit, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘEastern Mine, Um Samiuki deposit, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
5.1km (3.2 miles) ⓘHelgate prospect (Hilgit deposit), Um Samiuki deposit, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘMaaqal deposit, Um Samiuki deposit, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
28.9km (18.0 miles) ⓘAbu Ghalaga mine, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
32.3km (20.0 miles) ⓘDarhib Mine, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
38.5km (23.9 miles) ⓘWadi Ranga jasperoids, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
41.3km (25.7 miles) ⓘEmerald mines, Wadi Nugrus, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
43.4km (27.0 miles) ⓘBore Hole #5, Wadi Abu Rasheid, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
43.5km (27.1 miles) ⓘGold mineralisation, Wadi El Gemal, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
References
Novoselov, K. A., Belogub, E. V., Zaykov, V. V., Yakovleva, V. A. (2006) Silver sulfotellurides from volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposits in the Southern Urals. Mineralogy and Petrology, 87 (3) 327-349 doi:10.1007/s00710-006-0132-x
Faisal, Mohamed; Yang, Xiaoyong; Zhang, Huishan; Amuda, Abdulgafar K.; Sun, Chao; Mustafa, Sara; Gul, Muhammad A. (2022) Mineralization styles, alteration mineralogy, and sulfur isotope geochemistry of volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits in the Shadli Metavolcanics Belt, South Eastern Desert, Egypt: Metallogenic implications. Ore Geology Reviews, 140. 104402 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104402
 
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