A copper mine in a base-metal deposit.
The Khusib Springs mine was commissioned in 1996 to replace Tsumeb. Grades at Khusib are unusually high but the deposit appears relatively small.
References:
- 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.
- Kampunzu, A.B., Cailteux, J.L.H., Kamona, A.F., Intiomale, M.M., and Melcher, F. (2009): Sediment-hosted Zn–Pb–Cu deposits in the Central African Copperbelt. Ore Geology Reviews 35, 263-297.
Mineral List:27 entries listed. 26 valid minerals.
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