| Abstract: | The mineralized zone at the remotely located Ash Sha‘ib ancient mine contains only a small tonnage of moderately low grade sulfide- bearing rock. Based on present data the gross value of the deposit, with a value of $25.00 or more per ton, is $20,000,000. A belt of metasedimentary rocks, intruded by gabbro to the south and granite to the north, was the host for fissure vein-replacement type mineralization. Most of the mineralization is in a siliceous dolomite transected by fissures. The main sulfide mineral is sphalerite, but minor amounts of chalcopyrlte and argentlferous galena contribute to the value of the mineralized sections. |
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| Citation Author: | Allcott, Glenn H. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 38 p. ill. (some col.), col. maps ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey], |
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| Citation Series Number: | 70-2 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | A geochemical evaluation of the Ash Sha‘ib mineral prospect, Asir quadrangle, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 1970; OFR; 70-2; Allcott, Glenn H. |
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| Text: | A geochemical evaluation of the Ash Sha‘ib mineral prospect, Asir quadrangle, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 1970; OFR; 70-2; Allcott, Glenn H. |
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| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
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