Exploration of Economic Minerals (Iron , Copper & Gold) using Geophysical Techniques in South Eastern Desert, Egypt; Pilot areas: Eastern part of Aswan and Wadi Allaqi. (original) (raw)

Mineral wealth sector is one of the most important sectors accorded by the State attention due to its directly effects to the national income development of the country, as it provides basic development the mineral ores required for all industrial, agricultural and construction purposes. In fact, the human ability and skill in the use of the natural resources serve as a scale to measure the extent of scientific and technology progress and civilization in the country. The presence of minerals can often be inferred by the presence of other minerals in the surrounding rock. The geologist knows that certain qualities of special nature of economic minerals are haunted by the other minerals, and the existence of any of them in ore bodies is definitive guide to the presence of the other minerals. For example, we find that the metal gold and silver may go hand in hand with the quartz; copper ores are associated with lead and zinc. The role of the geologist who is looking for a metal such as iron is also looking for the accompanying minerals such as sulphides, manganese and phosphate. Nowadays, the government is keen on the development of the Eastern Desert and especially its southern part, such as Aswan-Allaqi and Aswan-Beranice-Roads. The precise evaluations of the mineral resources and earth’s treasures, surface geology and geomorphology are the main target to redistribute the population and to construct the new desert urban. Therefore, this project involves the geological, geophysical and geochemical technical aspects to base a procedure to distinguish the mineral resources distribution for making sustainable development of the areas. So, geophysical studies will be carried out in and around selected areas to determine the location of the economic elements associated with granite rocks. It becomes necessary to make detail assessment of mineral resources, determine their depth and lateral extension, and to find out the most suitable places to extract the host rock and the required minerals.