LOCATION: These deposits are on Gebel (= mountain) Sikait, SE of Idfu on the Nile river or 130 km from the port of Berenice (Red Sea). The deposits are along NW-SW axis for a distance of 34 km from Gebel Zabara to Gebel Sikait, at the end there are Wadi Um Dabaa near Wadi Um Kaba. It is simple to reach there from the small port Marsa Alam along the costal high way (about 9 hours). Access is by four-wheel-drive vehicle along dry river beds (= wadi)