Economic evaluation of a marble deposit and a kyanite deposit northeast of Al Lith, southern Hijaz quadrangle, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Part I, Marble deposit on Wadi Minsah: Part II, Kyanite deposit near Wadi Ad Arj
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70-133
By: David L. Gaskill
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Abstract
Nearly pure, white and gray banded calcite marble, 40 to 170 meters thick, crops out in three hogback ridges aggregating about 1200 meters in length, located 155 kilometers southeast of Jiddah. The ridges are aligned along a belt over 2.5 kilometers long. The marble is steeply inclined and folded between layers of Precambrian meta-sedimentary rock. The ridges are estimated to contain more than 2 million cubic meters of easily quarried, high-calcium marble. Several hundred thousand cubic meters of uniform, sound marble appears to be suitable for architectural use.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Economic evaluation of a marble deposit and a kyanite deposit northeast of Al Lith, southern Hijaz quadrangle, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Part I, Marble deposit on Wadi Minsah: Part II, Kyanite deposit near Wadi Ad Arj |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 70-133 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr70133 |
| Year Published | 1970 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | i, 19 p. |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Other Geospatial | Hijaz quadrangle |