 | | Book | | North TsumebSpecial The Otavi Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland...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 WĀ°Ntdhoek FOREWORD Namibia is endowed with an...from near and far. Fine mineral specimen from Namibia are displayed in all the famous natural science |  | Boni, M., Terracciano, R., Evans, N. J., Laukamp, C., Schneider, J., Bechstadt, T. (2007) Genesis of Vanadium Ores in the Otavi Mountainland, Namibia. Economic Geology, 102 (3) 441-469 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.102.3.441 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 441ā469 Genesis of Vanadium Ores in the Otavi Mountainland, Namibia MARIA BONI,ā Dipartimento di Scienze...ores (descloizite, mottramite, and vanadinite) in the Otavi Mountainland, Namibia, once were considered...surfaces in carbonate rocks of the Neoproterozoic Otavi Group, which already contained primary sulfide orebodies...this mineralization style remains controversial. Mottramite and Cu descloizite are particularly abundant...orebodies (Berg Aukas type). The V deposits the Otavi Mountainland represent a special low-temperature |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MITT.ĆSTERR.MINER.GES. 148 (2003) THE OTAVI MOUNTAIN LAND IN NAMIBIA: TSUMEB, GERMANIUM AND SNOWBALL EARTH...Neoproterozoic carbonate successions in the Otavi Mountain Land, Namibia, host a large number of polymetallic...Springs deposits, and are compared to the ores of Kombat and Berg Aukas. At Tsumeb, local pockets of germanite...structure. Massive Cu ore at the Khusib Springs mine is composed of tennantite, enargite, galena and...As, Sb, Ag, Ga, Mo, Sn, W and Re. Cu-Pb ores at Kombat and Zn-Pb ore at Berg Aukas generally carry lower |  | | Report (issue) | | Wet Shaft, Tsumeb mine (photograph by Dr Gabi Schneider, Geological Survey of Namibia) MINISTRY OF MINES...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA Director: B.G. Ho al BULLETIN 1 Type mineralogy of Namibia by Vaughan C. Daltry...the Geological Survey P.O. Box 2168, Windhoek, Namibia Price Local (+GST) Abroad (Post Free) R20.00 R25... ______ ........ Abstract The type mineralogy of Namibia is reviewed. One hundred and thirty-nine (139)...Twenty-three (23) unnamed phases are also listed. Namibia ranks second to Zaire as the most productive African |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cardiff CF102HH, Wales 2 Geological Survey of Namibia, Windhoek Abstract: The Tsumeb polymetallic carbonate-hosted...carbonate-hosted replacement deposit in northern Namibia, although now closed, is a world-renowned deposit...these minerals. Mineralisation is hosted in the Otavi Dolomite and the main ore body was a pipe that comprised...through the deposit and during operations into the mine workings, even during early mining, often with different...collections housed in the Geological Survey of Namibia include specimens collected by Hans Schneiderhƶhn |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | associated arsenates, As-bearing phosphates and mottramite, are discussed. Keywords: arsenates, isomorphism...Sweden; and some orebodies in the Combat deposit in Namibia (Innes and Chaplin, 1986; Dunn, 1991). The metasomatic...adeliteādescloizite group minerals, adelite Š”aMg(AsO4)(OH) and mottramite PbCu(VO4)(OH), form fine inclusions in tilasite...characteristic feature of adelite (Table 1). Mottramite is enriched in minor Ca, Mg, and As (Table 2)...(Pb,Ca)(Cu,Mg)(VO4,AsO4)(OH). Thus, adelite and mottramite occurring in rocks of Nežilovo are varieties |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tsumeb Specimen Mining Ltd. P.O. Box 344 Tsumeb, Namibia b-nicolson @hotmail.com IAN R. BRUCE Crystal Classics...azurite@iafrica.com.na In 1996 the famous Tsumeb mine was shut down and allowed to flood, seemingly ending...specimens has at least some familiarity with Tsumeb, Namibia. For most, it is the source of the finest examples... a challenge, and a dream. Unfortunately, every mine, no matter how great, has a finite life that can...Tsumeb mine, the town of Tsumeb just beyond and to the left of the mine complex, and the Otavi Mountains |  | Schneider, Jens, Boni, Maria, Laukamp, Carsten, BechstƤdt, Thilo, Petzel, Volker (2008) Willemite (Zn2SiO4) as a possible RbāSr geochronometer for dating nonsulfide ZnāPb mineralization: Examples from the Otavi Mountainland (Namibia) Ore Geology Reviews, 33 (2) 152-167 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.012 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ZnāPb mineralization: Examples from the Otavi Mountainland (Namibia) Jens Schneider a,ā, Maria Boni b,c ...Germany d Geological Survey of Namibia, 1 Aviation Road, Windhoek, Namibia Received 12 September 2005; accepted...Berg Aukas and Abenab West deposits, Otavi Mountainland (Namibia), which are hosted by Neoproterozoic...Nonsulfide deposits; Willemite; Geochronology; RbāSr; Namibia 1. Introduction Oxidized ores from nonsulfide...Mt @ 20 to 25% Zn; Berg Aukas and Abenab West, Namibia, ca. 3.5 Mt @ 15 to 25% Zn; and Beltana, Australia |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | discovered more than two hundred years ago in a remote region of what is now central Kazakhstan. The mineral...1994). Similarly, it is reported from the Perkiomen mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Gordon 1922)....planchtite is described in ore from the Algomah mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan (Williams 1962). In...heterogenite and malachite occurs in the Blue Jay mine, Goodsprings district, Clark County, Nevada. Dioptase...the Black Pine mine, Granite County, Montana. In California it occurs at the Blue Bell mine and with linarite |  | Clark, A. M., Smith, D. A., Symes, R. F., Tandy, P. C., Hart, A. D. (1995) Catalogue of Type Mineral Specimens in the Natural History Museum, London - With an appendix listing mineral species and varieties originally described from the British Isles. Natural History Museum, London. | Book | | the description of the species nominates Socrates mine, Sonoma County, California, as the type locality... Aerugite (Neotype) BM 1963,00481 South Terras mine, St-Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England R.J. Davis...34. Afwillite (Cotype) BM 1925,00080 Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa J. Parry and F. E. Wright...277. Agardite (Cotype) BM 1978,00024 Bou Skour mine, Bou Azzer, Jbel Sarho, Morocco J.E. Dietrich, M...199. Apachite (Cotype) BM 1980, 00532 Christmas Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA F.P. Cesbron & S.A. Williams |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ENGLAND, SW, Permian lavas, 481; CORNWALL,Restormel mine, waylandite, 731; CUMBRIA, Lake District, tourmalinization...analysis, rare earth elements, 3 IRAQ, Qala-Dizeh region, baghdadite, new mineral, 119 IRELAND, Connemara...chrysotile and polygonal serpentine, 301; Buca della Vena mine, V-bearing derbylite, 328; Mazzano Romano, ranci6ite...coronitic microstructure, 441, 474 Johninnesite, Namibia, new mineral, 667 JONES, G. C., see GATEHOUSE,B...formation, 417 MOTTANA,A., see BARRESE,E., I I I Mottramite, South West Africa, X-ray study, 137 Muscovite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Alcaparrosa mine, Cerro Alcaparrosa, Calama commune, El Loa province, Antofagasta region, Chile (22Ā°38ā²23ā³S...As)O8]6Ā·n[H2O,Na, [Na(NH4,K)9Cl4][V5+,4+ 2 NH4,K,Cl] Rowley mine (125-foot level), Theba, Painted Rock district,...Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Far-Eastern Region, Russia (55Ā°41ā²N, 160Ā°14ā²E, 1200 m asl) Igor V...Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Far-Eastern Region, Russia (55Ā°41ā²N, 160Ā°14ā²E, 1200 m asl) Igor V...1135ā1144. IMA No. 2016-042 Pb4Mo4VSbS15 Merelani Region, Tanzania Michael S. Rumsey*, John A. Jaszczak |  | | Catalog/List | | brown blades quite richly distributed in Kombat Pit, Otavi Hausmannite ~ountain_s.Namibia .. . Pinkish-brown...lxl Ā£8 rich orange coatiing on matrix Moon Anchor Mine,Maricopa Ā½" Ā£5 Pb Zn CrO SiO F County,_ Arizona...Violet micro crystals on I cm white matrix Fuka Mine. Oicchu-cho, 1cm Ā£8 Ca y11 ~ Q~l__. __ . .. ~a\Vll~mi~gu...Greenish-yellow . relatively rich coating on Moon Anchor Mine. Mariposa 5mm Ā£4 I cm Ā£8 . _P~_Cu_qll(As__~) 011...Russia Ā½" Ā£7 K Mn Nb Ti SiO OOH -- - ----Lucky Cuss Mine, lxl Ā£8 lx2 Ā£20 479 QUEITITE Many small white blades |  | | Journal (issue) | | precious stone. Opalbanya is the name of the original mine location. Possibly Magyar, ancient Hungarian. These...are fine Some aren't unpacked yet -a few are now mine! But rocks in the garage and more in the shed, Were...for Vitec, our contact for our visit to the Tsumeb Mine. It has to be said that some of that time was spent...Figure 1 Headframe of the De Wet Shaft, Tsumeb 1 Namibia Handbook (Footprint) p324 -7- SMLS Journal 176...and diversity of mineral resources throughout Namibia. Although widely ranging and distributed, a large |  | | Catalog/List | | it collected when the Tsumeb Mine (as well as other mines of the region) were still in production in...engineering work took him to the Tsumeb Mine in Namibia. This mine is renowned for producing what are arguably...desert-like "Sperrgebiet" area of the southern coast of Namibia, with its fabulous wealth of gem diamonds. One...Ianās interest stems from the family trips to Namibia, including the mines of Tsumeb. He worked with... 57001 Azurite Level 8, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia If the attachment point on the |  | | Journal (issue) | | by R. Z. Kothavala Rare minerals of the Kombat mine, Namibia ................................ 421 by....439 by S. Petrussenko Minerals of the Beltana mine, Puttapa, South A ustralia 449 by P. Elliot Columns...ichigan 49930 (906) 482-9560 Michigan native copper; mine owner; wholesale, retail 411 Museum o f Geological...stilbite on the specimens were typical of that region. Bill Birch (1977) similarly encountered cavansite...striking a deal with the quarry owner for the rights to mine specimens. Sparse sprays of cavansite encountered |  | | Catalog/List | | ARSENIOSIDERITE orange brown crusts on Hidalgoite (Gold Hill Mine Tooele County Utah USA) lxl f2.5O lx2 f5.OO 2x2...purple-brown crystalline masses (Colebrook Hill Mine,Roseberry, Tasmania) lxl fl.5O lx2 f3 2x2 f6.OO...BOKITE black to dark brown masses (Monumnt No 2 Mine Apache County 1/2 x 1/2 f3.5O lxl f5 C266 DEFERNITE...(BORON) pink cleavage in of otavi, Namibia) lem grey HAUSMANNITE (Kombat f3.5O C267 BUSTAMITE excellent...C269 CHABAZITE good covering location. (Ramsley Mine lxl fl.5O lx2 f3 of glassy micros Devon) 2x2 f6 |  | | Book | | Productive Era of Lhe Otavi Minen- und Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft: 1906-1946 . Tsumeb Mine . Ore Concentration...at Tsumeb? Who discovered the copper ores of the Otavi Mountain Land'/ These questions led the writer,...truth is that in total metal production the Tsumeb mine has become one of the foremost on the African continent...staĀ tistics do, however, reveal why the Tsumeb mine has attained world status as a base metal producer...time - some indefinite day when Bushmen of the Otavi Upland showed the outcrop of green malachite to |  | | Journal (issue) | | Minerals of the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia .............................................1 cm, from the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia. Irv Brown specimen; Jeff Scovil photo. See...the best vesuvianite specimens from the Jeffrey mine in Quebec. In this issue we present a review of...Herodsfoot Mine Work Readers who enjoyed Roy Starkey's superb article on the famous Herodsfoot mine in Cornwall...to the old engine house at the North Herodsfoot mine is being cleared of hundreds of tons of accumulated |  | | Catalog/List | | "x"//8;,. * CR-901\ of dendr.itic Davis D:!ardorf Mine, Illinois cover this spec.irrcn 4"x2 1,"x2". picces...Quc1rlz <:Il l"-lck. DSG-43 CRCX:Ol'[T. !led Lcad Mine, D11nd<1s, T<1s11Unia 32.00 Spcci11tĀ·11 consists...lo '," 10119. Showy. DSG-59 CROCOlTE Red Lcad Mine, Dundc1s, Tasn,mia Li1mnile rPcJtrix 2-S/8"xl-7/8"xl...lennint1tion:-;. Showy. 32. 00 CRO::::Ol'l'E !ed Lead Mine, DundJS, TdSn\3,ni.:i Linonile lffitr.ix )-5/B"xl~"xl...10119. Bright ond showy. 22 .00 CHOCOITE Red Lead Mine, Dunda,;, 1',1,-;1nmio Bn.""11 lo black Lirronite |  | | Catalog/List | | you have und what you would ... ~ AND TSUMEI>,NAMIBIA (S0UTHWESTAFRICA) HKR-4 CERRUSITE Tsur.ieb A...wi~h thc Dioptase are 2-3mm spheres of black Mottramite which makes fora nice color combination, Seldom...$20.00 crystals to C (2) K0MDATAND TSUMED, NAMIBIA (S0UTHWESTAFRICA) CR-319 CALCITE WITH MIMETITE...00 some $65.00 crystals. C ... (3) KOMBAT ANDTSUMEB, NAMIBIA (SOUTHWEST AfRICA) CR-24 CALCITE ANDtlALACHITE...x 1-3/4" x 1" $40.00 (4) K0MBATAND TSUMEB 1 NAMIBIA (S0UTHWESTAFRICA) JV-5 DESCLOIZITE Berg Aultus |  | | Journal (volume) | | Trevor F. Bridges 61-65 A report on Westernhope Old Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham Trevor F. Bridges Journal...LĆ„ngban in Sweden, the Kombat Mine in Namibia, and the Mammoth St. Anthony Mine in Tiger, Arizona. ā¢ Production...manganese-hosted Pb deposits found throughout the region. This has proved to be an unexpectedly complex...from localities around Bristol such as the Wesley Mine and Coombe Farm and from other quarries around Frome...localities around Priddy including the Higher Pitts Mine. Consequently, we have good knowledge of these particular |  | | Book (edition) | | polysynthetic, complex forms yes strong red Stilleite Mottramite Acanthite Hollandite mosaic and polysynthetic... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...of cuprite (bluish grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co.,...internal reflections); Madenkƶy Mine, Ćayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach); XPL...argentite reaction rim (greenish grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL |  | | Journal (issue) | | The research chapter is a gold mine (or perhaps we should say a copper mine) of data; a trio of new species...of others. Geochemists will be puzzling for some (mine included) and look at some facts. time over the...surrounded on all sides (exĀ Tiger, Arizona; the Palermo mine, New Hampshire; and a new cept the ocean side) by...of rare mineral to rise. Who knows how long the mine will continue to operate? species at Tsumeb. In...Nations by which Southwest Africa was renamed āNamibiaā; the Security CounĀ cil was requested to take |
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Kombat Mine, Kombat, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia