Mineral Deposits and Occurrences in the Arabian-Nubian Shield

This book presents a detailed review of the mineral deposits and occurrences in the Arabian-Nubian Shield (ANS), including their distribution, mineralization styles, economic importance, and geological controls on the mineralization. The purpose of the book is to compile the results of past and recent investigations on mineral deposits and occurrences in the ANS that covering the countries of (Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia). In this regard, it discusses in detail the various genetic mineralization styles in the ANS including: (1) magmatic mineral deposits associated with mafic-ultramafic rocks (e.g. chromite, Ni-Cu-Co-PGE magmatic sulfides, Fe-Ti-V oxides), (2) intrusion-related (magmatic-hydrothermal) deposits associated with felsic to intermediate rocks (porphyry, epithermal Au-Ag/sulfide vein type family, skarn, granite-related pegmatite-REE deposits), (3) hydrothermal orogenic gold and volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits, as well as (4) surficial mineral deposits (chemical-sedimentary, residual, mechanical and supergene enrichment deposits).

Serves as an overview about various mineralization styles in the ANS Assesses the economic potentiality of mineral deposits in the countries covered by the ANS Shows distribution and abundances of mineral deposits alongside the Red Sea flanks

Inhalt
Geology and Lithostratigraphy of the Arabian-Nubian Shield.- Classification and General Distribution of Mineral Deposits in the Arabian-Nubian Shield: A Review.- Orthomagmatic Deposits (Associated with mafic-ultramafic Rocks).- Magmatic-Hydrothermal (Intrusion-related) Deposits.- Hydrothermal Mineral Deposits in Orogenic Environments.- Hydrothermal Mineral Deposits in Volcano-Sedimentary Environments.- Sedimentary/Surficial Mineral Deposits.- Mining History of the Arabian-Nubian Shield.