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Regional geochemical study of the felsic plutonic rocks in the Nuqrah Quadrangle, sheet 25E, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Open-File Report 85-25
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr8525

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Abstract

A regional geochemical investigation of the felsic plutonic rocks of the Nuqrah quadrangle, sheet 25 E, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in which pan concentrates of 384 wadi samples, and 145 rock samples, were collected, defined two separate and distinct anomalous areas. One area contains Jabal Tuwalah and Jabal Awja, and the other is at the north end of Jabal Safad. Both pan concentrates and the rock samples in the Jabal Tuwalah and Jabal Awja areas contain high concentrations of Be, F, La, Mo, Nb, Pb, Th, U, Sn, Y, and Zr, and the plutons underlying those areas are characterized by high total-count radioactivity.

These elements are sited in highly evolved alkalic granites and have not been concentrated into a potentially metalliferous deposit related to a hydrothermal ore system. They may be a potential metal source of the future.

Pan-concentration samples collected from wadis draining the north end of Jabal Safad contain anomalous Sn, Mo, Pb, and La. Four samples contain 250 to 1,000 ppm of tin. The tin anomaly is associated with a small aplitic pluton intrusive into the Jabal Safad alkalic granite complex. A brief reconnaissance of the area did not reveal any greisen or cassiterite mineralization. However, further exploration work in the area is recommended.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Regional geochemical study of the felsic plutonic rocks in the Nuqrah Quadrangle, sheet 25E, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 85-25
DOI 10.3133/ofr8525
Year Published 1985
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Description ii, 31p. :ill., maps ;28 cm.
Country Saudi Arabia
Online Only (Y/N) N
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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