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

A world-famous copper mine. The Tsumeb Mine is currently operated by Ongopolo, the previous name of 'Tsumcorp Mine' became obsolete after the collapse of Tsumeb Corporation Ltd (TCL) after whom the mine was originally named.

Refs.:
- 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)
- Wilson, W. E. (ed.) (1977): Tsumeb! The world's greatest mineral locality, Mineralogical Record, 8 (3), 130 pp.
- 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 Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, University of Stuttgart, Germany.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.
- 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.

- http://www.hedegaard.com/Minerals/Localities/Namibia/Tsumeb/Tsumeb.html





Map Reference: 19°15'S , 17°42'E

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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
  • Arsentsumebite (TL)
  • Atacamite
  • Aurichalcite
  • Austinite
  • Azurite
  • Bartelkeite (TL)
  • Baryte
  • Bayldonite
  • Beaverite
  • Betekhtinite
  • Betpakdalite
  • Beudantite
  • Biehlite (TL)
  • Biotite
  • Bornite
  • Brianyoungite
  • Briartite
  • Brochantite
  • β-Roselite
  • Brucite
  • Brunogeierite (TL)
  • Calcioandyrobertsite (TL)
  • Calcite
  • Caledonite
  • Carminite
  • Carnevallite
  • Carrollite
  • Cerussite
  • Chalcanthite
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcophanite
  • Chalcophyllite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chenevixite
  • Chrysocolla
  • Chudobaite (TL)
  • Cinnabar
  • Claudetite
  • Clinochlore
  • Clinoclase
  • Colusite
  • Conichalcite
  • Connellite
  • Copper
  • Corkite
  • Coronadite
  • Covellite
  • Cubanite
  • Cuprite
       var: Chalcotrichite
  • Descloizite
  • Devilline
  • Digenite
  • Dioptase
  • Djurleite
  • Dolomite
       var: Cobaltoan Dolomite
       var: Zincian Dolomite
  • Dufrénite
  • Duftite (TL)
       var: Duftite-alpha
  • Dundasite
  • Ekatite (TL)
  • Elyite
  • Enargite
  • Epidote
  • Eyselite (TL)
  • Fahleite (TL)
  • Famatinite
  • Feinglosite (TL)
  • Ferrilotharmeyerite (TL)
  • Fleischerite (TL)
  • Fornacite
  • Fraipontite
  • Furutobeite
  • Gaitite (TL)
  • Galena
  • Gallite
  • Gallobeudantite (TL)
  • Gartrellite
  • Gebhardite (TL)
  • Gerdtremmelite (TL)
  • Germanite (TL)
  • Germanocolusite
  • Glaucodot
  • Goethite
  • Gold
  • Graphite
  • Gratonite
  • Greenockite
  • Gypsum
  • Hedyphane
  • Helmutwinklerite (TL)
  • Hematite
  • Hemimorphite
  • Heterogenite
  • Hidalgoite
  • Hörnesite
  • Hydrocerussite
  • Hydrozincite
  • Idaite
  • Ilmenite
  • Itoite (TL)
  • Jamesite (TL)
  • Jamesonite
  • Jarosite
  • Johillerite (TL)
  • Kaolinite
  • Kasolite
  • Kegelite (TL)
  • Keyite (TL)
  • Koritnigite (TL)
  • Köttigite
  • Krieselite (TL)
  • Lammerite
  • Langite
  • Larsenite
  • Lavendulan
       var: Zinclavendulan
  • Leadhillite
  • Legrandite
  • Leightonite
  • Leiteite (TL)
  • Lepidocrocite
  • Linarite
  • Linnaeite
  • Ludlockite (TL)
  • Lukrahnite (TL)
  • Luzonite
  • Maghemite
  • Magnesite
  • Magnetite
  • Maikainite
  • Malachite
  • Marcasite
  • Massicot
  • Mathewrogersite (TL)
  • Mawsonite
  • Melanotekite
  • Metacinnabar
  • Metazeunerite
  • 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
  • Phlogopite
  • Phosgenite
  • Plancheite
  • Plattnerite
  • Plumbojarosite
  • Plumbotsumite (TL)
  • Posnjakite
  • Powellite
  • Prosopite
  • Prosperite (TL)
  • 'Psilomelane'
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrolusite
  • Pyromorphite
  • Quartz
       var: Rock Crystal
  • Queitite (TL)
  • Realgar
  • Reinerite
  • Rhodochrosite
  • Rosasite
  • 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: Cadmian Smithsonite
       var: Cobaltoan Smithsonite
       var: Cuprian Smithsonite
  • Söhngeite (TL)
  • Spertiniite
  • Sphalerite
  • Stannite
  • Stibiconite
  • Stolzite
  • Stottite (TL)
  • Stranskiite (TL)
  • Stromeyerite
  • Sulphur
  • Sulvanite
  • Talc
  • Tennantite
  • Tenorite
  • Tetrahedrite
  • Thaumasite
  • Thometzekite (TL)
  • Tilasite
  • Titanite
  • Tremolite
  • Tsumcorite (TL)
  • Tsumebite (TL)
  • Tsumgallite (TL)
  • Tungstenite
  • Umangite
  • Vanadinite
  • Warikahnite (TL)
  • Wilhelmkleinite (TL)
  • Willemite
  • Witherite
  • Wulfenite
  • Wurtzite
  • Zincgartrellite (TL)
  • Zincolivenite
  • Zincrosasite (TL)
  • Zincroselite (TL)
  • Zircon


    267 entries listed. 247 valid minerals. 58 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other).


    Mineral Paragenesis:
    earlylate

    calcioanhydrorobertsite

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