Zn-Pb-V deposit, dicovered in 1913 and mined until 1978.
Famous for excellent and large descloizite crystals.
Ref.:
- Korn, H. & Martin, H. (1937): Geological report on the vanadium deposits of Abenab, Baltika, Uitsab and Berg Aukas. Windhoek xx pp.
- Stieglitz, B. and Stieglitz, H. (1995): Die Vanadium-Erzlagerstätte am Berg Aukas, Namibia. Lapis, 20 (9), 26-32 (in German).
- Raade, G. (2005): Ca-reicher und zonierter Pyromorphit vom Berg Aukas, Namibia. Mineralien-Welt 16 (6), 58-59 (in German).
- Schneider, J., Boni, M., Laukamp, C., Bechstädt, T., and Petzel, V. (2008): Willemite (Zn2SiO4) as a possible Rb–Sr geochronometer for dating nonsulfide Zn–Pb mineralization: Examples from the Otavi Mountainland (Namibia). Ore Geology Reviews 33, 152-167.
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