'File 14/5 Mineral deposits in Dhufar'

Title:

'File 14/5 Mineral deposits in Dhufar'

Date:

1940/1948

Description:

Abstract: The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the search for and potential development of mineral deposits in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.Correspondence in the file includes the discussion of the following issues:The availability of reports from 1901 on the coal seams of Sur (ff 2-4)Specimens of minerals for identification sent in the 1940s by the Political Agent, Muscat to the Director, Geological Survey of India, CalcuttaAssessments of the potential economic value of their deposits and arrangements for further surveysActivities and interest of American geologistsMinerals discussed include coal, silver, quartz, lead sulphide, calcium carbonateCorrespondence relating to the survey of Dhofar and subsequent report 'The geology and mineral resources of Dhufar' province, Muscat and Oman', by the geologist, Sir Cyril Sankey Fox, late Director, Geological Survey of India.The file features the following principal correspondents: the Director, Geological Survey of India; the Political Agent, Muscat (Captain Richard Ernest Bird); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior); Political Agent, Bahrain (Major Tom Hickinbotham); and officials of the Government of India.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 204; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Coal mining
Mining
Geology

Geographic region:

Dhofar

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000d6_ar
81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000d6_en
IOR/R/15/6/439
IOR/R/15/6/439

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