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Copper from
Klein Aub Mine, Klein Aub Farm 350, Rehoboth Rural, Hardap Region, Namibia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Copper
Formula:Cu
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Copper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Klein Aub Mine, Klein Aub Farm 350, Rehoboth Rural, Hardap Region, Namibia
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID:655303
Long-form Identifier:1:3:655303:6
GUID (UUID V4):f79aebca-afe3-4e04-bbc1-915d21eb158c
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The Kalahari Copperbelt in Central Namibia: Controls on Copper Mineralization Kenneth J. Ma/dent (SEG...central Namibia lo northern Botswana (Figure I; Borg, 1988; Borg and Moiden, 1989). In centml Namibia, copper...the Kngas Member of the Klein Aub Fo1mation. The strata-bound nature of copper occurrences led early explorers...explorers lo the conclusion that copper was either syngenetic, i.e., emplaccd during deposition of the...inactive) Klein Aub Mine and elsewherc in the Namibian part of the belt showed thot, although copper concentrulions
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REGIONAL CONTROLS ON THE LOCALISATION OF STRATABOUND COPPER DEPOSITS: PROTEROZOIC EXAMPLES FROM SOUTHERN AFRICA...Johannesburg (South Africa) 2 Klein Aub Copper Mine, Klein Aub (SWA/Namibia) 3 Formerly M.T.D. (Mangula)...Regional controls on the localisation of stratabound copper deposits: Proterozoic examples from southern Africa...comparative study of three areas containing stratabound copper deposits was conducted in order to evaluate possible...localisation of stratabound copper deposits. The areas studied are: (1) Klein Aub in SWA/Namibia, where deposits
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Springer-Verlag 1992 Lead isotopic signatures at the Klein Aub Mine, NamibiaImplications for mineralisation models...stratigraphic levels in the vicinity of the Klein Aub Mine, Namibia, with the aim of investigating possible...Doornpoort Formation is a source of the Cu in the Klein Aub deposits. Isotopic studies in general and Pb...sediment-hosted Cu-sulphide ore bodies at the Klein Aub Mine, Namibia, Borg (1988), Borg and Maiden (1987 and...Because the Klein Aub Mine is a base metal deposit and since the mineralisation at Klein Aub lends itself
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the development of the early Damara rift in SWA/Namibia. The African plate ( Kalahari and Congo Cratons)...o ~ f DORO ,s. , ~ ~ -25" ~ . ~ ++ 4~Rehoboth 4 KLEIN AUB ...4 ~- KORAS ir S I N C L A I R \ LINK...great detail and proposed t h e existence of a 'Rehoboth Magmatic Arc'. In his model, he included the other...other basins lying to the northeast in SWA/Namibia and Botswana (Fig. 1), again based only on lithological...(>10000) FORMATIONS DORDABIS \ D.? WITVLEI N KLEIN AUB (11000)\~ .--~ Ii LAKEN'•AMI G. GHANZI KG. K'GWEBE
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Damara-Geosynklinale abgelagert haben. Sie bestehen aus den Klein Aub-, Witvlei-, Ghanzi- und Tsumis-Formationen, die...Kalkschiefer, Kalkstein und Schieferton, kommt in den Klein Aub- und Witvlei-Formationen sowie in den Unter-Ghanzi-Formationen...These unmetamorphosed strata are composed of the Klein Aub, Witvlei, Ghanzi and Tsumis Formations which are...equivalent of the Hakos and Khomas Formations. Copper mineralization associated with calcareous shale...shale, limestone and argillite occurs within the Klein Aub, Witvlei and Lower Ghanzi Formations. The mineralized
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REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA - MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAMIBIA FIRST...minerals present in Namibia, around sixty have been exploited. some, such as copper, since the early part...base metals and industrial minerals have helped Namibia rank amongst the top five mining countries in Africa...and reserves. In this context, Namibia is a major producer of copper, lead, zinc, cadmium, arsenic, antimony...unpublished. It is evident that mineral exploration in Namibia, as elsewhere. has changed from serendipitous discoveries
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WINDHOEK ----------- MP mineral perspectives NAMIBIA This current report has been prepared by the Bureau...provide the latest available data and information on Namibia. Comments, revisions, and additional information... Thispublication hasbeencataloged asfollows: Namibia (Mineral pcrspecri vcs) Bibliography: p. 47-55...of Docs. no.: I 28.37/2: 1. Mineral indusrrics-Namibia. I. Coakley, George J. iI ! I l I I TN19...••••..••••••.•.••••.••• Rights of landowners and mine owners•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Special
Report (chapter)
Stratabound Copper-Silver-Gold Mineralization Along the Margin of the Kalahari Craton in Swa/Namibia and Botswana...stratabound copper-silver-gold mineralization along the margin of the Kalahari Craton in SWA[Namibia and Botswana...continental withinplate basalts. Copper mineralization occurs as native copper in amygdaloidal altered basalt...regional metamorphism which reached temperatures up to 350°C. Massive domains were metamorphosed to oligocl...uscovite rocks. During this epidote alteration copper, zinc and cobalt were leached from the basalts
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Consulting Geologist, PO Box 11222, Windhoek, Namibia e-mail: roymm36@mweb.com.na © 2012 December Geological...and syntectonic metasediments in northwestern Namibia and in the Namaquan terranes are mid to late Mesoproterozoic...about ~1.37 Ga in northwestern Namibia, to ~1.24 Ga(?) in the region of the central Damara Orogen, <1...the crust accompanied collision in northwestern Namibia. Syntectonic granite magmatism was extensive and...intermittent magmatism and sedimentation continued in the Rehoboth and Konkiep Subprovinces and the Kaaien, Bushmanland
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
veining at the Musoshi stratiform copper deposit, Central African Copper Belt, Zaire. Econ. Geol. 83:724-741...signature and ore genesis of the Klein Aub Copper Mine, South West Africa/ Namibia. In: Anhaeusser, C.R., Maske...the Republic of South Africa, South West Africa/Namibia and the Republics of Bophuthatswana, Transkei and...(1988) Two thermal events at the Klein Aub Copper Deposit, SWA/Namibia, genetic implications from fluid...Proterozoic formations within the Irumide Rift in SWA/Namibia. Abstract Volume Geoplatinum '87. Open University
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berg Organ Pipes / Twyfelfontein 7 AiAiba / farm Anibib 136 8 Grosse Spitzkoppe, Erongo 9 ...Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand...South of Rehoboth The Central and South-CentralDeposits Onganja Mine and Surrounding Copper Deposits...Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and the Diamonds 44 49 241 254 272 275 291 333... Encyclopedia of the Mineralsof Namibia 443 Meteorites in Namibia Bibliography Index Photo credits
Report (chapter)
Mesoproterozoic Sinclair succession of southern Namibia. Aubures palaeomagnetic remanence vectors, held...age of approximately 1100 Ma, that the Sinclair region was probably part of Kalahari at that time and...southern Namibia (Fig. 1), late Mesoproterozoic volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Sinclair region are...broad-scale palaeomagnetic study of the Sinclair region, using modern methods of vector analysis and field...NW–SE dextral shear zones extending from central Namibia into western South Africa (Miller 2012). The present
Book (edition)
Recent Development 11 How South Africa Uses Namibia 1 Economic Benefits 27 2 South West Africa and...Politics 30 3 Security 30 The Situation in Namibia 1 The Myth of Separate Development 31 2 The Labour...Lfekrrit? Keetmanshooj/ Oranjemun AFRICA OUTH NAMIBIA (South West Africa) frontiers restricted areas...ONGANJA OAMITES KLEIN AUB ORANJEMUND ROSH PINAH area 318,261 sc| nils scale copper/lead vanadium/lead...vanadium/lead copper/lead tungsten/tin tin sea salt uranium copper copper copper copper diamonds zinc 200mls
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.,,., ..,,.... w + ..... . ·. .... . - Namibia Zauberwelt edler Steine und Kristalle ooa Dieses...Erdgeschichte 8 Zur Geschichte des Bergbaus in Namibia 17 Der Brandberg und die Mineralfunde in seiner...110 Auf Turmalinsuche in Namibia Die Demantoide von Tubussis in Zentral-Namibia 112 116 Sodalith von...Zeolithe vom Grootbergpaß in Namibia Kamphaugit-(Y) von der Rössing-Mine 120 124 126 136 Das Gahnit-Vorkommen...alpinotypen Klüfte aus der Gamsberg-Region 180 Die grünen „Amethyste" aus der Region des Gamsberges 195 Spektakuläre
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
. Alternative sources of metals for stratiform copper deposits A.C. Brown (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)...Regional controls on the localisation of stratabound copper deposits: Proterozoic examples from southern Africa...(Johannesburg, South Africa), A.H. Innes (Klein Aub, SWA/Namibia), S. Master (Mhangura, Zimbabwe) and I... . . . . . . Discovery, geology and genesis of copper--cobalt mineralisation at Chambishi Southeast prospect...sedimentation and metamorphism of the Dongchuan copper deposit, Yunnan Province, China K. Wang (Beijing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Morro Agudo, in the Vazante Group; (2) Windhoek, Namibia (2002), at the 11th Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium...Geocongress, with the Otavi Mountain Land of northern Namibia as the main focus; (3) Lubumbashi, D.R. Congo (2003)...the Geoscience Africa symposium; (5) Windhoek, Namibia and South Africa (2005), in the Gariep-Matchless...glaciogenic diamicites and cap carbonates in Brazil, Namibia and Congo– Zambia, which represent an important...Bambui, Vazante (Brazil), Nosib, Otavi, Mulden (Namibia) and Roan, Nguba, Kundelungu (D.R.Congo) are equivalent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Neoproterozoic (Pan-African) Damara belt in Namibia and Ghanzi-Chobe belt in Botswana (Fig. 1). The...southern and central Africa includes the Damaran (Namibia), Ghanzi-Chobe (Botswana), Lufilian Arc (Democratic...in the southwest. In Namibia, its correlatives occur in the Witvlei and Klein Aub districts (Fig. 1)....Mesoproterozoic metavolcanic rocks in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, and the distribution of main...be inferred from studies in the Witvlei area in Namibia. The Damara siliciclastic sequence is the fill
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systematically present the geology of each country, region and continent on Earth. Each book aims to provide...(Gariep Belt) cropping out in the western borders of Namibia and South Africa. They were split up in the Mesozoic...concerning the tectonic and geodynamic evolution of this region during the Precambrian. Major tectonometamorphic...tectonostratigraphic domains and structures of the region are presented, together with implications for the...Ma) Famatinian and the Devonian-Carboniferous (400–350 Ma) Achalian orogenies, which resulted from the complex
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lithostratigraphic assemblages in the Kalahari region of central southern Africa, where the Precambrian...volcano-sedimentary sequences such as the Sinclair Group of Namibia. The upper Okwa group can be correlated either...The Okwa inlier is situated within the Kalahaft region of central southern Africa, a large area in which...sediments suggests an originally intrusive contact. Copper minerals are reported to occur in epidotised dolerite...are assigned to the Nama Group (below), which in Namibia commenced deposition at ~0.61 to 0.63 Ga (Miller
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS IN THE NEOPROTEROZOIC STRATABOUND COPPER-SILVER MINERALISATION, THE KALAHARI COPPERBELT...Area during preliminary stages of research into copper-silver mineralisation in the D’kar Formation. The...with molybdenite, bismuth-bearing minerals and copper sulphides. The combination of reflected light microscopy...The Kalahari Copperbelt of Namibia and Botswana is a broad region with copper-silver deposits hosted in...and galena (Schwartz et al., 1995). Apart from copper and silver, the analyses of bulk samples from the
Report (issue)
Sediment-Hosted Copper Deposits of the World: Deposit Models and Database By Dennis P. Cox1, David A...and four grade-tonnage models for sediment hosted copper deposits. Descriptive models are useful in exploration...models in this report supersede the sediment-hosted copper models in USGS Bulletin 1693 (Cox, 1986, and Mosier...interested in a similar publication on porphyry copper deposits (Singer and others, 2005) also available...not coincide with the Google-Earth images of the mine workings. The authors wish to thank William F. Cannon
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Palaeoproterozoic along its NW side (Magondi–Okwa–Kheis Belt, Rehoboth Subprovince) to form the Proto-Kalahari Craton...Craton; K, Kaapvaal Craton; LIM, Limpopo Belt; R, Rehoboth; Ri, Richtersveld; Z, Zimbabwe Craton. lows that...(Mason, 1998). West of this lineament, in Namibia, the Rehoboth Subprovince forms a geophysically distinct...nature of the underlying crust. In the Rehoboth area of central Namibia, migmatitic orthogneisses, dated at...metamorphosed volcano-sedimentary rocks known as the Rehoboth Group (Becker et al., 2004). The volcanic component
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
itsare known in the Tati schistbelt. Important copper occurrencesin calcareousmetasedimentswithin the...are being reinvestigated,and extensive stratiform copper mineralization has been delineated in the Damaran...Paleozoic. As these metamorberlites, nickel-copperand copper •ulfide orebodies, phicbeltsstabilized,progressively...(AKI: Orapa diamondmine; NC 4 Pikwe nickel-copper mine; Cu 6 Ngwako Pan copperoccurrence). lite facies)...andwhichmayalsobepartof the DordabisSupergroupof Namibia. In the northwest, miogeosynclinal Damaralimestones
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somewhat analogous to the modern 114 western Pacific region, dominantly composed of island arcs in the absence...synthesized by Zhao (2004) for the Western Pacific region shows 233 stagnant slabs floating in the mantle...detritus will get stacked in the middle mantle region due 250 to buoyancy, generating a ‘second continent’...hydrothermal ore systems such as Iron- 284 oxide copper-gold (IOCG) and sedimentary exhalative (SEDEX)...Paraná-Etendeka flood volcanism , associated with 350 alkaline complexes and carbonatites and related
Report (issue)
40 Deposits Mineral Occurrences LeacL.Silver Copper Beryl Corundum Fluorspar Rose Quartz 40 40 47...country· where these rocks are exposed extending from Klein Karas in the north down to Nahas on the Orange River...many and Karroo beds chief of which. 68, Ukamas, Klein Aub 52 and Extending across the river from the main...is a striking hill -of white rock from which the farm derives its name; this proved to Jbe a pegmatite...granulites and altered amygdaioids. These cross the farm in a NW-SE direction. Peculiar limestone veins similar
 
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