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The Tsumeb Mine is currently operated by Ongopolo, the previous name of 'Tsumcorp Mine' was superseded after the collapse of Tsumeb Corporation Ltd (TCL) after whom the mine was originally named.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
295 entries listed. 270 valid minerals. 65 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.
- Strunz, H. (1959): Tsumeb, seine Erze und Sekundärminerale, insbesondere der neu aufgeschlossenen zweiten Oxydations-Zone. Fortschr. Mineral., 37, 87-90. (in German)
- 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 Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, University of Stuttgart, Germany.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.
- 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.
- 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.
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