A world-famous copper mine, renowned for a wealth of rare and unusual minerals.
The Tsumeb Mine is currently operated by Ongopolo, the previous name of 'Tsumcorp Mine' was superseded after the collapse of Tsumeb Corporation Ltd (TCL) after whom the mine was originally named.
References:
- 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 Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, University of Stuttgart, Germany.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.
- 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.
- http://www.hedegaard.com/Minerals/Localities/Namibia/Tsumeb/Tsumeb.html
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