Mineral exploration in the Wadi Bidah district, 1972-1976, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Open-File Report
78-771
By: Thor H. Kiilsgaard, W.R. Greenwood, W.P. Puffet, M.I. Naqvi, R. J. Roberts, R. G. Worl, Habib Merghelani, V. J. Flanigan, and A.R. Gazzaz
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Abstract
Four deposits in the Wadi Bidah district of southwestern Saudi Arabia were explored during the period 1972-1974. The work consisted of geologic, geochemical, and geophysical investigations and diamond drilling in the subsurface. Thirteen holes were drilled, aggregating a length of 2,397 m. Drilling at three of the deposits, Gehab, Sha'ab El Tare, and Rabathan, indicated mineralized reserves aggregating 6,341,000 tons, the average grade of which is 0.95 percent copper.
The deposits are strata-bound in volcaniclastic rocks of the Baish Group and in quartz porphyry, all of which are Precambrian in age. The bodies are lenticular in strike and dip, and are offset and broken by postmineral faults.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Mineral exploration in the Wadi Bidah district, 1972-1976, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 78-771 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr78771 |
| Year Published | 1978 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | v, 89 p. |
| Country | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
| Other Geospatial | Wadi Bidah district |
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