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Nababeep tungsten mines, Okiep Copper District, Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Tungsten deposits in a horizon of migmatitic high-grade metapelites in the so-called Wolfram formation (or Wolfram mine schist formation) below a granite sheet. The schist horizon can be traced over a length of several kilometers, giving the mineralization the appearance of a stratabound deposit.



References:
- Raith, J.G., and Stein, H.J. (2000): Re-Os dating and sulphur isotope composition of molybdenite from tungsten deposits in western Namaqualand, South Africa: implications for ore genesis and the timing of metamorphism. Mineralium Deposita 35, 741-753.




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Anhydrite
Apatite-(CaF)
Axinite-(Fe)
Baryte
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Calcite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Covellite
Epidote
Ferberite
Fluorite
Galena
'Garnet Group'
Gypsum
Hematite
Hübnerite
Ilmenite
Magnetite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Orthoclase
Prehnite
'Pumpellyite'
Quartz
Rutile
Scheelite
Sillimanite
Sphalerite
'Stilbite'
Wolframite
Zircon


40 entries listed. 28 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region:
South Africa
 
  • Northern Cape Province
    • Namaqualand
      • Okiep Copper District
        • Nababeep tungsten mines

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