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Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

Latitude: 19°15'S
Longitude: 17°42'E
A world-famous copper mine, renowned for a wealth of rare and unusual minerals.
Mining started in 1907 and stopped in 1996 for economic reasons.

The Tsumeb Mine is currently operated by Ongopolo, the previous name of 'Tsumcorp Mine' was superseded after the collapse of Tsumeb Corporation Ltd (TCL) after whom the mine was originally named.

Mineral List

Acanthite
Adamite
var: Cobaltoan Adamite
var: Cuprian Adamite
Agardite-(Ce)
Alamosite
Albite
Almandine
Anatase
Andyrobertsite (TL)
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Antimony
Aragonite
var: Plumboan Aragonite
var: Zincian Aragonite
Arsenbrackebuschite (TL)
Arsendescloizite (TL)
Arseniosiderite
Arsenogoyazite
Arsenohopeite (TL)
Arsenopyrite
Arsentsumebite (TL)
Ashoverite
Atacamite
Aurichalcite
Austinite
Azurite
Baileychlore
Bartelkeite (TL)
Baryte
Bayldonite
Beaverite-(Cu)
β-Roselite
Betekhtinite
Betpakdalite-CaCa
Betpakdalite-CaMg (TL)
Beudantite
Biehlite (TL)
'Biotite'
Bornite
Bournonite
Brianyoungite
Briartite
Brochantite
Brucite
Brunogeierite (TL)
Calcioandyrobertsite (TL)
Calcite
Caledonite
Carminite
'Carnevallite'
Carrollite
Celestine
Cerussite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcophanite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chenevixite
Chrysocolla
Chudobaite (TL)
Cinnabar
Claudetite
Clinochlore
Clinoclase
Colusite
Conichalcite
Connellite
Copper
Corkite
Coronadite
Covellite
Cubanite
Cuprite
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite

Davidlloydite (TL)
Descloizite
Devilline
Digenite
Dioptase
Djurleite
Dolomite
var: Cobaltoan Dolomite
var: Zincian Dolomite
Dufrénite
Duftite (TL)
var: Duftite-alpha
Dundasite
Ekatite (TL)
Elyite
Enargite
Epidote
Erikapohlite (TL)
Eugenite
Eyselite (TL)
Fahleite (TL)
Famatinite
Feinglosite (TL)
Ferberite
Ferrilotharmeyerite (TL)
Fleischerite (TL)
Fluorite
Fornacite
Fraipontite
Furutobeite
Gaitite (TL)
Galena
Gallite (TL)
Gallobeudantite (TL)
Galloplumbogummite (TL)
Gartrellite
Gebhardite (TL)
Geminite
Gerdtremmelite (TL)
Germanite (TL)
Germanocolusite
Glaucodot
Goethite
Gold
Graphite
Gratonite
Greenockite
Gypsum
Hedyphane
Helmutwinklerite (TL)
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Hermannroseite (TL)
Heterogenite
Hidalgoite
Hörnesite
Hydrocerussite
Hydroxylapatite
Hydrozincite
Ianbruceite (TL)
Idaite ?
Ilmenite
Itoite (TL)
Jamesite (TL)
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Johillerite (TL)
Kaolinite
Kasolite
Kegelite (TL)
Keyite (TL)
'Kintoreite-Segnitite Series'
Koritnigite (TL)
Köttigite
Krieselite (TL)
Lammerite
Langite
Larsenite
Lavendulan
var: Zinclavendulan
Leadhillite
Legrandite
Leightonite
Leiteite (TL)
Lepidocrocite
Linarite
Linnaeite
Ludlockite (TL)
Lukrahnite (TL)
Luzonite
Macphersonite
Maghemite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Maikainite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides'
Marcasite
Massicot
Mathewrogersite (TL)
Mawbyite
Mawsonite
Melanotekite
Metacinnabar
Metazeunerite
Microcline
Millerite
Mimetite
Minium
Minrecordite (TL)
Mixite
Molybdenite
Molybdofornacite (TL)
Montmorillonite
Mottramite
Muscovite
Nadorite
Namuwite
O'Danielite (TL)
Ojuelaite
Olivenite
var: Zincian Olivenite
Orthoclase
Otavite (TL)
Otjisumeite (TL)
Ovamboite (TL)
Palygorskite
Paradamite
Parnauite
Patrónite ?
Perroudite
Pharmacosiderite
Philipsbornite
Philipsburgite
Phlogopite
Phosgenite
Plancheite
Plattnerite
Plumbogummite
var: Ga-rich plumbogummite

Plumbojarosite
Plumboselite (TL)
Plumbotsumite (TL)
Posnjakite
Powellite
Prosopite
Prosperite (TL)
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
Quartz
var: Rock Crystal

Queitite (TL)
Realgar
Reinerite (TL)
Renierite
Rhodochrosite
'Roméite Group
var: Stibiconite'

Rosasite
Roxbyite
Rutile
Schaurteite (TL)
Scheelite
Schneiderhöhnite (TL)
Schultenite (TL)
Scorodite
Segnitite
Seligmannite
Serpierite
Sewardite (TL)
Shattuckite
Siderite
var: Zincian Siderite
Sidpietersite (TL)
Silver
var: Amalgam
Smithsonite
var: Cobaltoan Smithsonite
var: Cuprian Smithsonite
Söhngeite (TL)
Spertiniite
Sphalerite
Stannite
Stibioclaudetite (TL)
Stibnite
Stolzite
Stottite (TL)
Stranskiite (TL)
Stromeyerite
Sulphur
Sulvanite
Susannite
Talc
Talmessite
Tangeite
Tennantite
Tenorite
Tetrahedrite ?
Thaumasite
Thometzekite (TL)
Tilasite
Titanite
Tremolite
Tsumcorite (TL)
Tsumebite (TL)
Tsumgallite (TL)
Tungstenite
Umangite
'Unnamed (Zn Arsenate)'
Vanackerite (TL)
Vanadinite
Warikahnite (TL)
Whitlockite
Wilhelmkleinite (TL)
Willemite
Witherite
Wulfenite
var: Chillagite
Wurtzite
Zharchikhite
Zincgartrellite (TL)
Zincolivenite
'Zincrosasite' (TL)
Zincroselite (TL)
Zircon


305 entries listed. 279 valid minerals. 70 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other).

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References

Maucher, W. (1908) Die Erzlagerstätte von Tsumeb im Otavi-Bezirk im N von Deutsch-Südwestafrikas. Z. prakt. Geol. 16, 24-32.

Moritz, H. (1933) Die sulfidischen Erze der Tsumeb-Mine vom Ausgehenden bis zur XVI Sohle (-460 m). Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen A, B.-Bd.: 67: 118-153.

Strunz, H., Geier, B.H., and Seeliger, E. (1958) Gallite, CuGaS2, das erste selbständige Galliummineral, und seine Verbreitung in den Erzen der Tsumeb- und Kipushi-Mine. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie (1958), Monatshefte: 241-264.

Sturman, B.D. & Dunn, P.J. (1980): Gaitite, H2Ca2Zn(AsO4)2(OH)2, a new mineral from Tsumeb, Namibia. Canadian Mineralogist 18, 197-200.

Keller, P., Hess, H. & Riffel, H. (1981) Die Krystallstruktur von zwei neuen Calcium-Zink-Arsenat-mineralien von Tsumeb/Namibia. Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie 156, 70-71 (in German).

Strunz, H. (1959) Tsumeb, seine Erze und Sekundärminerale, insbesondere der neu aufgeschlossenen zweiten Oxydations-Zone. Fortschr. Mineral., 37, 87-90. (in German)

Paar, W. (1973): Langit von Tsumeb. Der Karinthin, 68, p.14-18.

Geier, B.H. (1973/74) Mineralogische Studie der Blei-, Zink- und Kupferlagerstätte Tsumeb. I.S.W.-Afrik. Ges. 28, 35-52.

Wilson, W. E. (ed.) (1977) Tsumeb! The world's greatest mineral locality, Mineralogical Record, 8 (3), 130 pp. [Special Issue]

Pinch, W.W. & Wilson, W.E. (1977) Minerals: a descriptive list. Mineralogical Record 8 (3), 17-37.

Rocks & Minerals: 60: 295; 62:440.

Mineralogical Record: 21: 102.

Keller, P. (1982) Tsumeb! New minerals and their associations. Mineralogical Record 13, 137-147.

Keller, P. (1984) Tsumeb/Namibia – eine der spektakulärsten Mineralfundstellen der Erde. Lapis 9 (7-8), 13-62. (in German)

Keller, P. and Innes, J. (1986) Neue Minerale von Tsumeb. Lapis 11 (9), 28-32. (in German)

Ingwersen, G. (1990) Die sekundären Mineralbildungen der Pb-Zn-Cu-Lagerstätte Tsumeb, Namibia (Physikalisch-chemische Modelle). Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, University of Stuttgart, Germany.

Gebhard, G. (1991) Tsumeb: eine deutsch-afrikanische Geschichte. Verlag Christel Gebhard-Giesen, Reichshof, Germany, 239 pp. (in German)

Gebhard, G. and Schlüter, J. (1995) Tsumeb, Namibia: Interessante Neufunde und Neubestimmungen. Lapis, 20 (10), 24-32. (in German)

Cooper, M.A., Hawthorne, F.C., Pinch, W.W., and Grice, J.D. (1999) Andyrobertsite and calcioandyrobertsite, two new minerals from the Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Mineralogical Record: 30: 181-186.

Gebhard, G. (1999) Tsumeb II. A Unique Mineral Locality. GG Publishing, Grossenseifen, Germany, 328 p.

Kamona, A.F., Lévêque, J., Friedrich, G., and Haack, U. (1999) Lead isotopes of the carbonate-hosted Kabwe, Tsumeb, and Kipushi Pb-Zn-Cu sulphide deposits in relation to Pan African orogenesis in the Damaran-Lufilian Fold Belt of Central Africa. Mineralium Deposita 34, 273-283.

Cooper, M.A. and Hawthorne, F.C. (2000) Highly undersaturated anions in the crystal structure of andyrobertsite - calcio-andyrobertsite, a doubly acid arsenate of the form K(Cd,Ca)[Cu2+5(AsO4)4{As(OH)2O2}](H2O)2. Canadian Mineralogist: 38: 817-830.

Chetty, D., and Frimmel, H.E. (2000) The role of evaporites in the genesis of base metal sulphide mineralisation in the Northern Platform of the Pan-African Damara Belt, Namibia: geochemical and fluid inclusion evidence from carbonate wall rock alteration. Mineralium Deposita 35, 364-376.

Boni, M., Terracciano, R., Evans, N.J., Laukamp, C., Schneider, J. and Bechstädt, T. (2007): Genesis of Vanadium Ores in the Otavi Mountainland, Namibia. Economic Geology 102, 441-469.

Mills, S. J. & Birch, W. D. (2007) A mineralogical note: New data on arsenate minerals from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia. Rocks & Minerals, 82(2), 135–139.

Bezing, L. von, Bode, R. & Jahn, S. (2008) Namibia Minerals and Localities. Edition Schloss Freudenstein, Bode Verlag GmbH, Haltern, 49-240 pp. (in English)

Blaß, G., Kruijen, F. & Seyb, R. (2009) Neues von der Tsumeb Mine. Mineralien-Welt 20 (5), 60-65 (in German).

Mills, S. J., Kampf, A. R., Raudsepp, M. & Christy, A. G. (2009) The crystal structure of Ga-rich plumbogummite from Tsumeb, Namibia, Mineralogical Magazine, 73(5), 837–845.

Krahn, L. (2010) Neu: Philipsburgit aus der Tsumeb-Mine, Namibia. Lapis, 35 (1): 42-43, 62

Zindel, J. (2010) Erstnachweis von Klinoklas für Tsumeb. Mineralien-Welt, 21 (4), 36-41.

F. Neuhold, U. Kolitsch, H.-J. Bernhardt, C. L. Lengauer (2012): Arsenohopeite, a new zinc arsenate mineral from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia. Mineral. Mag. 76, 603-612.

Gait, R.I., Sturman, B.D. & Dunn, P.J. (1979): Prosperite, HcaZn2(AsO4)2(OH), a new mineral from Tsumeb, South West Africa (Namibia). Canadian Mineralogist 17, 87-92. Abstract: American Mineralogist (1980): 65: 208.

Keller, P., Riffel, H. & Hess, H. (1982): Die Kristallstruktur von Prosperit, Ca2Zn4[H2O/(AsO4)4]. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 158, 33-42 (in German).

Melcher F. (2003). The Otavi Mountain Land in Namibia: Tsumeb, germanium and snowball earth. Mitt.Osterr.Miner.Ges 148


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