 | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | Pan-African, Neoproterozoic Rosh Pinah Zn-Pb deposit, southwestern Namibia D.J. Alchin Kumba Resources...Grahamstown, South Africa e-mail: J.Moore@ru.ac.za “Rosh Pinah” – The stone which the builders refused has become...genesis of the Neoproterozoic Rosh Pinah Zn-Pb deposit in southwestern Namibia. During continental rifting...rifting at ~740 Ma, an intracratonic rift (Rosh Pinah Graben) became detached from the main Gariep depository...fluid populations – a pre-orogenic, riftrelated Rosh Pinah ore-forming fluid dominated by MgCl2- and CaCl2-rich |  | Borg, G., Karner, K., Buxton, M., Armstrong, R., Merwe, S. W. v. d. (2003) Geology of the Skorpion Supergene Zinc Deposit, Southern Namibia. Economic Geology, 98 (4) 749-771 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.98.4.749 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Skorpion Supergene Zinc Deposit, Southern Namibia GREGOR BORG,† KATRIN KÄRNER, Petrology and Economic...Abstract The Skorpion zinc deposit in southwestern Namibia comprises a significant nonsulfide orebody (24...facies, and the complex deformational style of the region is the result of intense faulting, folding, and...north-northwest of the Rosh Pinah mine in the southernmost Namib Desert, Namibia (Fig. 1), is hosted by...by Anglo American, contrasts with the nearby Rosh Pinah deposit, which is a siliciclastic sediment-hosted |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | 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) | | Zn, Zambia; 28 = Skorpion, Namibia; 29 = Berg Aukas and Abendab, Namibia; 30 = Padaeng (Mae Sot), Thailand;... In extremely arid climates, such as those in Namibia (Tsumeb deposit: Lombaard et al., 1986; Hughes...exist of tonnages and grades that can be cited Namibia Poland Silesian Crakow district Skorpion Spain...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | t e + goethite 8-A pyroaurite + goethite 8-A pyroaurlte + goethite 8-A pyroaurite + goethite 10-A...pyroaurite + goethite goethite goethite + lepidocrocite goethite goethite + lepidocrocite goethite goethite...goethite goethite + lepidocrocite Precipitate 2 . 3 , 1 0 -3 0.272 3 . 1 5 . 1 0 -s 0.067 2 . 4 5 ...8-Apyroaurite 10-Apyroaurite diff. goethite posnjakite + diff. goethite diff. goethite + diff. posnjakite brochantite...10-Apyroaurite +goethite goethite + 0.3 0.34 + 0.03 goethite + lepidoeroeite goethite goethite goethite goethite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sorption-desorption and surface precipitation of uranyl on goethite—D.E. Glammar and J.G. Hering 3332 Vol. 35, No...reduction and enhanced mobilization of arsenic in mine tailings—R.E. Macur, J.T. Wheeler, T.R. McDermott...analysis of metal fluxes in a historically mined region: A case study from the New World mining district...Chamberlain, and F.J. Magilligan 1334 Quantification of mine-drainage inflows to Little Cottonwood Creek, Utah...Re-Os dating of the Kuroko ores from the Wanibuchi Mine, Shimane Prefecture, southwestern Japan—Y. Terakado |  | | Book | | Republic, 6 cm). Figure 1.2 Halite crystals (Namibia, 5.8 cm). 6 section devoted to the display of...(field of view 8 cm). Figure 1.3 An opencast iron ore mine (Postmasburg, South Africa). 7 microscopes, or...in groups 8–12, show marked deviation. In this region of the Periodic Table, electronegativity increases...bonded substances, the electrons are confined to the region between the nuclei of the bonded atoms and they...showing stepped, cubic crystal faces (Erongo, Namibia, 5.8 cm). hence occurs less commonly. Figure 4 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | talented artist. One of his watercolors of the Levant mine in Pendeen, Cornwall—a prized gift in 2001—hangs...He was so intrigued by the minerals of the Eifel region of Germany that he translated articles from German...included his adventures in locating the Green Monster mine and identifying the copper vanadate minerals occurring...Housely spoke on Glimpses of History of the Blue Bell Mine, in which he began by describing the first claims...with a short talk on Micro Minerals of the Himalaya Mine. This group, of course, gets down to serious collecting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | been detected at the ppm level in W1, sphalerite, goethite and hematite. Germanium occurs at ppm levels in...amounts in hemimorphite, goethite and hematite. Indium has low concentrations in goethite and hematite. These...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...mineral assemblage (e.g. smithsonite, cerussite, goethite). The aim of the present study was to evaluate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Marinoan glaciation of Australia, Laurentia, northern Namibia and South China (e.g., Hoffmann et al., 2004; Condon...correlative of the lower to middle Nama Group in Namibia and represents the fill of a southern sub-basin...consisting of ankerite, siderite or secondary goethite. This type of breccia is not folded but contains...Fe-rich matrix, typically consisting of siderite or goethite, with dolostone clasts that are partly metasomatised...diamictite) and the lower Hilda Subgroup (Pickelhaube, Rosh Pinah Formations). After a prolonged hiatus, sedimentation |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINER.GES. 148 (2003) THE OTAVI MOUNTAIN LAND IN NAMIBIA: TSUMEB, GERMANIUM AND SNOWBALL EARTH by Frank...carbonate successions in the Otavi Mountain Land, Namibia, host a large number of polymetallic (Cu-Pb-Zn)...structure. Massive Cu ore at the Khusib Springs mine is composed of tennantite, enargite, galena and...jungproterozoischen Karbonatabfolgen des Otavi Berglandes (Namibia) sind zahlreiche polymetallische (Cu-Pb-Zn) Sulfidvorkommen...this is more than the name of a small town in Namibia and a polymetallic copper deposit: Tsumeb is renown |  | | Conference Proceedings (Volume) | | Cover photograph: View of the Aitik open pit copper mine in the very north of Sweden. Mining operations started...potential map of the Neoproterozoic Gariep Belt in Namibia .......................... 480 . . ...........pyritic Zn-Pb-Cu-(Au-Ag) sulphide deposit, Bergslagen region, south-central Sweden . . .......................Ahola Occurrence of gold (electrum) in the Lousal mine, Iberian pyrite belt, Portugal ..................Jingwen Mao & Bernd Lehmann The Omitiomire deposit, Namibia: late tectonic copper emplacement in a Neoproterozoic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of tailings dust on surface waters near Stirling mine, Nova Scotia. Tailings were sieved to <63 μm as...cesàrolite (PbMn3O6(OH)2)), smithsonite (ZnCO3), goethite (FeO(OH), aurichalcite ((Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6),...transport (Csavina et al., 2012). Dust mobility at mine sites is a specific concern due to the presence...(Csavina et al., 2012). Generally studies pertaining to mine dust focus on dust compo sition, dispersal, control...between mine dust and nearby aquatic environments is not commonly studied on a local or mine-site scale |  | Balassone, Giuseppina, Scognamiglio, Valentina, Nieto, Fernando, Mondillo, Nicola, Boni, Maria, Cappelletti, Piergiulio, Arfè, Giuseppe (2020) The nature of Zn-phyllosilicates in the nonsulfide Mina Grande and Cristal zinc deposits (Bongará District, Northern Peru): The TEM-HRTEM and AEM perspective. American Mineralogist, 105 (8). 1223-1241 doi:10.2138/am-2020-7140 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | which occur in the Bongará district (Amazonas region, northern Peru). The Cristal and Mina Grande orebodies...smithsonite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite, chalcophanite, goethite, and greenockite, locally associated with Zn-bearing...minerals as in the world-famous Skorpion deposit in Namibia (Borg et al. 2003; Emselle et al. 2005; Kärner...Zn-phyllosilicates from Accha and Yanque (Peru) and Skorpion (Namibia), respectively, by means of transmission electron...characterized the Zn-bearing smectites from the Silver Coin Mine (U.S.A.). Buatier et al. (2016) and Choulet et al |  | 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) | | 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...with small SO4 content) on a matrix of mamillary goethite. Very rarely, white pyromorphite is also present...(slightly asymmetric), 1046, 996, 973, 927 cm−1). The region below 650 cm−1 comprises partially overlapped bands...mineral with disordered structure from the Santa Rosa mine, Atacama desert, Chile. Neus Jb. Mineral. Abh., |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tsongoari–Omupokko Pb-Cu-Ba-Zn-Ag prospects, Kaokoland, Namibia Christoph D.K. Gauert Petrology and Economic Geology...the southern Kaoko Belt of northwestern coastal Namibia, several metamorphosed coticule, iron formation...1980’s and 90’s by Rand Mines Limited and Rio Tinto Namibia Limited. Reserves for Tsongoari East and Omupokko...quoted by the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Namibia (1993) are 5.8 Mt of ore grading at 6.4% Pb, 0...the southern Kaoko Belt of the Damara Orogen, Namibia. Geological Setting The Kaoko Belt is part of |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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...across.JurgenTron specimen. The Erongo Complex (Namibia) continues to produce excellent specimens. A rough...'skorpionite' from the new Skorpion Mine near Rosh Pinah in Southwest Namibia were offered at the show. Skorpionite...or tarbuttite. Skorpion Mine is expected to become the world's largest zinc mine, covering 15% of our zinc |  | | Catalog/List | | A beautiful Crystallized Gold from the “16-to-1” Mine • A huge cut and polished Apache Agate weighing...Meteorite Slice Iron - IAB Complex Novosibirsk Region, Russia - (54° 20’N, 84°12’E) The find of the Maslyanino...Meteorite occurred on May 25, 1992 in the Novosibirsk Region of Russia, when an agronomist discovered a 26 kg...likely before settlers arrived in the Ryazan Oblast region in 1200. Classified as an Ataxite, it is an Iron...Iron, Fine Octahedrite - IVA Great Namaqualand, Namibia (25° 30’S, 18° 0’E) Nickel-Iron Meteorites are |  | | Journal (issue) | | variety, from the Britannia Mine , North Wales, and from the Botallack Mine, Cornwall A.M. Pollard, R.G...Williams, R.E. Bevins and S. Turgoose 23 The Wesley Mine; a further occurrence of manganese oxide-hosted...Croft Mine , Cornwall- a second English occurrence 1. Betterton Native silver from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck...Fells, Cumbria M. Wirth Rosasite from West Pasture Mine, Weardale , Co. Durham B. Young and J.G. Francis...relationship to sulfide mineralization. At the Pinnacles Mine, 16 km south west of Broken Hill , the Pinnacles |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | hematite--native Cu at low p H and malachite--hematite--goethite at p H above 6.5. T h e r e a c t i o n o f t...crystal. The anode was Pb--Zn ore from the Rosh Pinah Mine in South Africa. --..] 288 leaching calcite...of adsorption data for anions and cations onto goethite as a function of pH. 290 TABLE I S t a b i...as, gangue minerals, gossanous minerals such as goethite, hematite and 293 silicified Fe minerals, and...results of adsorption of anions and cations onto goethite (Grimme, 1968; Hingston et al., 1971, 1972; Bowden |  | Kyle, J. Richard, Ahn, Hyein, Gilg, H. Albert (2018) Nature and origin of the nonsulfide zinc deposits in the Sierra Mojada District, Coahuila, Mexico: constraints from regional geology, petrography, and isotope analyses. Mineralium Deposita, 53 (8) 1095-1116 doi:10.1007/s00126-018-0797-1 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in north central Mexico and the adjacent border region relative to Late Cretaceous carbonate platform...Sierra Mojada range looking south with historic mine workings along the lower slopes. Town of Esmeralda...Coahuila Block and Sabinas Basin in the Sierra Mojada region. Solid rectangle represents the general position...~ 1500 m and extends to ~ 1200 m elevation in a region where the highest local elevation is 2400 m in...the deepest mine workings at 1135 m elevation. Wells in carbonate strata around the mine area are nonproductive |  | | Journal (issue) | | cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...custom jewelry. Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn...photo. Wulfenite (hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected...pseudomorph after azurite, 4 cm, from the Inspiration mine, Globe-Miami district, Gila County, Arizona. Ken...Cerussite twins on matrix, 6.5 cm, from the Grand Reef mine, Aravaipa district, Graham County, Arizona. Ken |
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