 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Kingston"] at 08:22 13 August 2013 Rosh Pinah LEAD-ZINC MINE Figure 1 (above). Transparent yellow...the Rosh Pinah mine (foreground) with the village in the background. Gisela Hinder photo. Namibia 398...at 08:22 13 August 2013 he Rosh Pinah mine is located in southern Namibia, 20 kilometers north of the...and the farms Namuskluft 88 and Spitzkop III. The mine is somewhat isolated, and in order to get to it...need to be spent driving the roads in southern Namibia. The main access road branches off from the tarred |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralien • Weltklasse-Mineralien von der Skorpion-Mine in Namibia • Titanite von der Wageralm, Pinzgau Perimorphosen...Ausstellungen & Events 2 Leserbriefe 2 Geocenter in Rosh Pinah 8 Straßburger Museum zeigt deutsche Mineralienschätze... Marokko - Tee und Mineralien ... 42 Die Skorpion-Mine. WeltklasseMineralien aus der Wüste Namibias...120 ACHAT-MAGAZIN Buchtipp 125 Die Lucky-Strike-Mine in Orgeon , ein Glückstreffer seit 1952 126 Impressum...findet.Auch die Artikel über die Fälschungen aus Namibia und das Portrait über Kaspar Fahner waren sehr |  | | Book | | Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand...s Onganja Mine and Surrounding Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and... Encyclopedia of the Mineralsof Namibia 443 Meteorites in Namibia Bibliography Index Photo credits...__ Republic of Namibia The President State House W°Ntdhoek FOREWORD Namibia is endowed with an...from near and far. Fine mineral specimen from Namibia are displayed in all the famous natural science |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | America has produced some of the world’s finest apatite specimens, and there are many wellknown localities...best-known specimen from anywhere is the “Roebling apatite” from the Pulsifer quarry in Auburn, Maine. Formerly...gemmy, intense purple apatites from this pegmatite mine have made Pulsifer the premier locality for fluorapatite...faceted, they produce some of the most sought apatite gemstones (see Mauthner and Ottaway 2015, this...deposit characteristic minerals, sometimes including apatite, in these clefts. This is how our Connoisseur’s |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Subterrane of the Marmora Terrane in the Gariep Belt, Namibia/South Africa shows that these rocks are compositionally...Uruguay), the Marmora Terrane (western Gariep Belt, Namibia) and the Malmesbury Terrane (western Saldania Belt...Uruguay and the Marmora Terrane in southwestern Namibia and South Africa are related to each other and...27°S Namibia RSA Chameis Bay Phanerozoic cover Rosh Pinah 28°S GBT 29°S O R. Oranjemund Subterrane...metabasic rocks of the bimodal, rift-related Rosh Pinah Formation that was dated at 752 ± 6 Ma (Borg |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sediment-hosted Rosh Pinah Zn-Pb-Ag deposit in the Pan African Gariep Belt, southwestern Namibia Abraham Rozendaal...ABSTRACT Limitations on the life-of-mine of the sediment-hosted Rosh Pinah deposit urged exploration for extensions...from detailed lithogeochemical traverses on the C Mine and Eastern Orefield, coupled with mineralogical...of a large (n > 400) multielement data set of the mine area, showed that the extent of wall rock alteration...Indices devised for the various lithologies of the Rosh Pinah deposit, such as the Barium Alteration Index |  | | Catalog/List | | rich black pitch like mass in blue Chrysocolla Star Mine, L_u/lwmbashi South Katanga C;fi/40 small 2x2 £25...tabular twinned crystal about 8 mm size ( Telino Mine, Linopolis, Minas Gerais Brazil) £40 Na Be PO4 11...( small hollow tubes or epimorphs) Toca da Onca Mine, Virgem da lapa, Minas Gerais Brazil £35 12. HOLMQUISTlTE...micro crystals on l xl .5 inch matrix Schoeller Mine Kladno. Czech Republic . a 15. KTENASITE blue...blue micros and coatings on l xl inch Glomrudkollen Mine, Modum Norway l xl £12 16. CORNETITE rich coverage |  | Hitzman, M. W., Reynolds, N. A., Sangster, D. F., Allen, C. R., Carman, C. E. (2003) Classification, Genesis, and Exploration Guides for Nonsulfide Zinc Deposits. Economic Geology, 98 (4) 685-714 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.98.4.685 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Star Zn, Zambia; 28 = Skorpion, Namibia; 29 = Berg Aukas and Abendab, Namibia; 30 = Padaeng (Mae Sot)... In extremely arid climates, such as those in Namibia (Tsumeb deposit: Lombaard et al., 1986; Hughes...grades that can be cited Namibia Poland Silesian Crakow district Skorpion Spain Reocin Kazakhstan...dolostone by smithsonite with minor hematite. Tucson mine, Leadville district, Colorado, United States. b...Massive smithsonite replacing limestone. Wolftone mine, Colorado, United States. c. Coarsely crystalline |  | | Book | | systematically present the geology of each country, region and continent on Earth. Each book aims to provide...counterpart of the Oranjemund Group (Gariep Belt) cropping out in the western borders of Namibia and South Africa...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... They emphasize the enormous potential of this region in terms of base (Cu, Pb, Zn, Co, Ni), precious |  | | Journal (issue) | | definitely the pale green crystals of carbonate apatite from Lavra do Sapo (Goiabera, Minas Gerais, Brazil)...are right. This is supposedly a new mineral with apatite structure but only phosphate and carbonate ions...- [ 10 l l] is common in apatite group minerals, but the carbonate apatite seems more 'flat' than that...prism. The border area between South Africa and Namibia had produced excellent, large, green fluorite crystals...Pella. Additional rutile from Khomas Hochland in Namibia was available at Mineralientage 2005 - these first |  | Will, Thomas M., Höhn, Stefan, Frimmel, Hartwig E., Gaucher, Claudio, le Roux, Petrus J., Macey, Paul H. (2020) Petrological, geochemical and isotopic data of Neoproterozoic rock units from Uruguay and South Africa: Correlation of basement terranes across the South Atlantic. Gondwana Research, 80. 12-32 doi:10.1016/j.gr.2019.10.012 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Vredefontein and Rosh Pinah formations in westernmost South Africa and southern Namibia and have -p been...Jo basement after separation from their source region. However, the source regions and the time of extractions...Richtersveld Igneous Complex, Vredefontein Formation, Rosh Pinah Formation 3 Journal Pre-proof 4 1. Introduction...Complex in northernmost South Africa and southern Namibia (Bossi and Gaucher, 2004), and (v) Namaqua Province...subordinately mafic ur rocks in the Rosh Pinah area in southernmost Namibia (Fig. 1). These rocks were Jo |  | | Book | | REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA - MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAMIBIA FIRST...ENERGY Of the several hundred minerals present in Namibia, around sixty have been exploited. some, such as...base metals and industrial minerals have helped Namibia rank amongst the top five mining countries in Africa...terms of production and reserves. In this context, Namibia is a major producer of copper, lead, zinc, cadmium...unpublished. It is evident that mineral exploration in Namibia, as elsewhere. has changed from serendipitous discoveries |  | Arfè, Giuseppe, Mondillo, Nicola, Balassone, Giuseppina, Boni, Maria, Cappelletti, Piergiulio, Di Palma, Tommaso (2017) Identification of Zn-Bearing Micas and Clays from the Cristal and Mina Grande Zinc Deposits (Bongará Province, Amazonas Region, Northern Peru) Minerals, 7 (11) 214 doi:10.3390/min7110214 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Grande Zinc Deposits (Bongará Province, Amazonas Region, Northern Peru) Giuseppe Arfè *, Nicola Mondillo...exception of the peculiar case of the Skorpion deposit in Namibia [4,5]. In fact, their presence is commonly...recovery have been done since the discovery of the Skorpion deposit, where the main nonsulfide mineral is...the solvent extraction technique was applied at Skorpion [13], coupled with several electrowinning and...hydrothermal in origin, as in the case of the Preguiça mine in southern Portugal [28], or associated with late |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | still work? 6. Examples of “Others” 32 6.1 Skorpion – Everybody’s dream 32 6.2. Deposits in South-Eastern...Accha – real calamine? 6.2.2. Yanque – a “small Skorpion”? 34 35 37 7. Nonsulfide Deposits of Other Metals:...version: vanadates in the Otavi Mountainland (Namibia) 42 8. Discussion and conclusions 43 Acknowledgements...deposits like the famous, silicate-hosted Skorpion (Namibia) are mineralogically challenging, but their...development or advanced exploitation stage include Skorpion (Namibia), Lan Ping (China), Angouran and Mehdiabad |  | Viola, Giulio, Andreoli, Marco, Ben-Avraham, Zvi, Stengel, Ingrid, Reshef, Moshe (2005) Offshore mud volcanoes and onland faulting in southwestern Africa: neotectonic implications and constraints on the regional stress field. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 231 (1) 147-160 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2004.12.001 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | that recent faulting occurred both in central Namibia and Namaqualand, South Africa and that it created...Elim-Vrede Fault 4000 Area shown on map 3000 3500 NAMIBIA Walvis Bay 24˚ Hebron Fault Dreylingen Fault...the Hebron–Dreylingen system. SK: Location of Skorpion mine discussed in the text. Figure adapted from Ben...Africa is generally considered as an intraplate region and thought of as a tectonically stable domain...events should be rare and of low intensity. Yet, the region shows remarkable historical seismic activity, generally |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | metasomatism and gold mineralisation at Plutonic gold mine, Marymia Inlier, Western Australia—M.F. Gazley,...supergene minerals from the Skorpion and Rosh Pinah ore deposits (Namibia): Genetic and paleoclimatic...Christina Yan Wang 152 170 Vol. 173, 2017 Near-mine exploration via soil geochemistry multivariate analysis...2016 A laterite-hosted APS deposit in the Amazon region, Brazil: The physicalchemical regime and environment...of the mafic volcanic rocks of the Buzwagi gold mine in the Neoarchaean Nzega greenstone belt, northern |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals, particularly certain species from Tsumeb in Namibia and the Kalahari manganese field in South Africa...shown here for the first time. Examples are from Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Tanzania. All the... Reproduced with permission Reproduced with permission Namibia Reproduced with permission Reproduced with permission...Blue willemite and white dolomite, 6.5 cm, Tsumeb mine. The blue willemite fluoresces bright yellow, and...the UV source; Tsumeb mine. Field of view is 2.2 cm. Figure 3. The Skorpion mine is located close to the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pangea. In the southern and central Appalachian region, basement rocks were affected by two episodes of...province of the southern and central Appalachian region, rocks that record the Proterozoic history occur...and TiO2 can be explained by crystallization of apatite and Fe–Ti oxides respectively (Fig. 5B). On chondrite-...suggest the fractionation of feldspar together with apatite and Fe–Ti oxides during the evolution of these...melts interacted with the so-called “hot zone”, a region at the boundary where basaltic melts pond and interact |  | Poirier, G., Ercit, T. S., Tait, K. T., Piilonen, P. C., Rowe, R. (2009) New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist, 94 (2) 399-408 doi:10.2138/am.2009.538 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | remainder consisting of quartz, chlorite, actinolite, apatite, * All minerals marked with an asterisk have been...cationic groups. Magnesiopascoite is from the Blue Cap mine, near La Sal, San Juan County, Utah, U.S.A. The...687–692. Martyite was discovered in the Blue Cap mine, La Sal, San Juan County, Utah. Associated minerals...actinolite, epidote-group minerals, calcite, ankerite, apatite, and baddeleyite. Nielsenite is steel-gray, with...(slightly asymmetric), 1046, 996, 973, 927 cm−1). The region below 650 cm−1 comprises partially overlapped bands |  | | | | comparable amounts as in the world-class Skorpion deposit (Namibia). Cerussite replaced galena and precipitated...hosted in the now-eroded rocks above the Yanque mine site. Zinc-rich solution migrated through the sedimentary...Andahuaylas-Yauri province in southern Peru (Cuzco region) covers an area of approximately 25,000 km2 and...(Carlier et al., 1996; Chávez et al., 1996). The region is characterized by a rugged, mountainous topography...2003). Stratigraphic units in the Andahuaylas-Yauri region consist of Jurassic and Cretaceous sedimentary |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | comparable amounts as in the world-class Skorpion deposit (Namibia). Cerussite replaced galena and precipitated...hosted in the now-eroded rocks above the Yanque mine site. Zinc-rich solution migrated through the sedimentary...Andahuaylas-Yauri province in southern Peru (Cuzco region) covers an area of approximately 25,000 km2 and...(Carlier et al., 1996; Chávez et al., 1996). The region is characterized by a rugged, mountainous topography...2003). Stratigraphic units in the Andahuaylas-Yauri region consist of Jurassic and Cretaceous sedimentary |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | discovered in 1902, and the sulfides were mined until mine closure in 1994 (Kamona and Friedrich, 2007). During...its lifespan, Kabwe was the most significant Zn-Pb mine in Zambia, with production from the sulfide bodies...Regional geology S90 The rocks underlying the Kabwe region are dominated by Neoproterozoic metasediments which...and relative positions of orebodies on the 850 ft mine level (∼260 m depth from the surface), underlying...three main massive sulfide orebodies in the Kabwe region referred to as No. 1, No. 3/4 and No. 5/6, all |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2.42(m), 2.02(s) IMA No. 2005–006 Greenwood iron mine, Harriman State Park, Tuxedo, Orange County, New...65(100), 1.91(48), 1.74(28) IMA No. 2005–009 Sounion mine #19, Lavrion, Attica, Greece Werner Krause Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2...576(17), 1.519(10) IMA No. 2005–010 Skorpion zinc deposit, Namibia Werner Krause Ca3Zn2(PO4)2CO3(OH)2•H2O...788(67), 2.582(21), 2.260(21) IMA No. 2005–011 Gentil mine, Mendes Pimentel County, Minas Gerais, Brazil Daniel...IMA No. 2005–013 Helikon II pegmatite, Karibib, Namibia Paul Keller (Mn2+,Mn3+,Fe3+)2(PO4)O Triplite–triploidite |  | | Book | | (mantovani@usp.br) R.McG. Miller PO Box 11222, Windhoek, Namibia (rmmiller@mweb.com.na) A. Misi Centro de Pesquisa...2004 in São Paulo (Brazil), 2005 in Windhoek (Namibia), 2006 in Punta del Este (Uruguay), 2007 in Stellenbosch...and Numees (Frimmel et al., 2002) formations of Namibia and the Jacadigo Group and Puga Formation of the...thermally subsiding basins, such as in northern Namibia, South Australia and northwestern Canada. The so-called...problematic fossil Otavia in middle Cryogenian rocks in Namibia as a sponge (Brain et al., 2001, 2003, 2008) and |  | Will, T.M., Gaucher, C., Ling, X.-X., Li, X.-H., Li, Q.-L., Frimmel, H.E. (2019) Neoproterozoic magmatic and metamorphic events in the Cuchilla Dionisio Terrane, Uruguay, and possible correlations across the South Atlantic. Precambrian Research, 320. 303-322 doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2018.11.004 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dionisio Terrane and the Coastal Terrane in northwest Namibia have the same Hf isotope evolution trend 3 ABSTRACT...the Marmora and Malmesbury terranes in southern Namibia and South Africa (Fig. 1) led to the suggestion...Coastal Terrane of the Kaoko Belt in northern Namibia and possibly the Mar del Plata Terrane (Rapela...albitic plagioclase as well as minor 11 titanite, apatite, opaque phases and quartz. When present, quartz...al., 2001), the Aurus Mountains in southwestern Namibia (~840 Ma; Thomas et al., 2016) and the extension-related |
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Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia