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Okiep Copper District, Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

References:
- Lombaard, A. F. and the Exploration Staff Of The Okiep Copper Company Limited (1986): The copper deposits of the Okiep district, Namaqualand. In: Anhaeusser, C. R. and Maske, S. (Editors). Mineral Deposits of Southern Africa, Volume II, 1421-1445.
- Maier, W.D. (2000): Platinum-group elements in Cu-sulphide ores at Carolusberg and East Okiep, Namaqualand, South Africa. Mineralium Deposita 35, 422-429.
- Raith, J.G., and Stein, H.J. (2000): Re-Os dating and sulphur isotope composition of molybdenite from tungsten deposits in western Namaqualand, South Africa: implications for ore genesis and the timing of metamorphism. Mineralium Deposita 35, 741-753.
- Cairncross, B. (2004): History of the Okiep Copper District, Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Mineralogical Record 35, 289-317.




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Allophane
Almandine
Anhydrite
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaF)
Axinite-(Fe)
Azurite
Baryte
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bornite
Brochantite
Calcite
Cassiterite ?
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Clinochlore
Clinozoisite
Coloradoite
Columbite
Copper
Cordierite
Cornetite
Corundum
Covellite
Cubanite
Cuprite
Cyanophyllite
Cyanotrichite
Dolomite
Enstatite
Epidote
Ferberite
Fluorite
Galena
'Garnet Group'
Goethite
Gypsum
Hematite
Hessite
Hübnerite
Ilmenite
Libethenite
Linnaeite
Mackinawite
Magnetite
Malachite
Melonite
Millerite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Muscovite
Orthoclase
Pentlandite
Phlogopite
Plancheite
Prehnite
'Pumpellyite'
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Reichenbachite
Rickardite
Rutile
Sapphirine
Scheelite
'Sericite'
Sillimanite
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Spinel
'Stilbite'
Sylvanite
Tenorite
Tetradymite
Thorite
var: Uranothorite
Valleriite
Wolframite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zircon


173 entries listed. 74 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region:
South Africa
 
  • Northern Cape Province
    • Namaqualand
      • Okiep Copper District

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