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Biotite from
Kombat Mine, Kombat, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kombat Mine, Kombat, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:22721
Long-form Identifier:1:3:22721:8
GUID (UUID V4):992ab8c0-f643-4a83-a3da-fd3023513605
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
53.6km (33.3 miles) ⓘTsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
base metal mineralization in the Otavi Mountain Land, Northern Namibia—a review and regional interpretation...GĂŒnzel b a b University of Namibia, Private Bag 13301, Windhoek, Namibia Ongopolo Mining Ltd., Main Street...Street, P.O. Box 40, Tsumeb, Namibia Received 16 May 2004; accepted 10 April 2006 Available online 4...Sediment-hosted base metal sulfide deposits in the Otavi Mountain Land occur in most stratigraphic units...middle Otavi Group and the uppermost Mulden Group. Deposits like Tsumeb (Pb–Cu–Zn–Ge), Kombat (Cu–Pb–Zn)
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 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
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
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)
Mineralisation at the Namib Lead and Zinc Mine, Damara Belt, Namibia I.J. Basson, M.-J. McCall, J. Andrew...Mineralisation at the Namib Lead and Zinc Mine, Damara Belt, Namibia, Ore Geology Reviews (2018), doi: https://doi...Mineralisation at the Namib Lead and Zinc Mine, Damara Belt, Namibia I.J. Bassona,c,*, M.-J. McCalla, J. Andrewb...Resources, 84 Dr Frans Indongo Street, Windhoek, Namibia c Department of Earth Sciences, Stellenbosch...Africa Abstract The Namib Lead and Zinc (Pb-Zn) Mine is hosted within the Karibib Formation of the Swakop
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
441–469 Genesis of Vanadium Ores in the Otavi Mountainland, Namibia MARIA BONI,† Dipartimento di Scienze... mottramite, and vanadinite) in the Otavi Mountainland, Namibia, once were considered the greatest vanadium...surfaces in carbonate rocks of the Neoproterozoic Otavi Group, which already contained primary sulfide orebodies...orebodies (Berg Aukas type). The V deposits the Otavi Mountainland represent a special low-temperature...been known to exist in the northern areas of the Otavi † Corresponding author: e-mail, boni@unina.it *Present
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Central African Copperbelt, and the Damaran Belt in Namibia, which hosts a considerable number of base-metal...rocks making up the Damara Orogen cover most of Namibia and consist of coastal and northeast-trending branches...of the Katangan Supergroup, which dominate the region, comprise a lower sequence of subaerial and shallow-marine...considerable evidence for thrust tectonics in the region, the previously accepted stratigraphic correlations...The dominant rock types are foliated hornblende–biotite– gneisses, pyroxene granulites and migmatites,
Journal (issue)
75236 Uppsala, Sweden Water Science GROSBOIS Region III, Pennsylvania 19103, USA Consortium, Inc...Quantitative Hydrology DoNnALD Jor BENSON Nuclear Davip Region III, Hydrogeology STEPHEN H. Stow Oak Ridge...climatic features of Bangladesh vary from region to region and season to season. During the monsoon...to this region) to more than 2030 mm in the south-eastern (one study area belongs to this region) and north-eastern...shales and claystones in the geosynclinal foredeep region (east and southeastern part of Bangladesh) contain
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...-L., muscovite solid solutions, 257; muscovite-biotite miscibility gap, 641 Moolooite, Western Australia
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization in, 325 Alstonite, from Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, 515 Alvanite, from the U.S.S...AUSTRALIA, an occurrence of lead oxycarbonate as a mine-fire product, 647; NEW SOUTH WALES,sapphire dating...experiments, 113; TASMANIA, ralstonite from the Cleveland Mine, 599 AUSTRHEIM, H., see ANDERSEN, T., 145 BANK,...BEUKES, G. J., see VAN DER WESTHUIZEN,W. A., 419 Biotite, chemical variations in, 355 BIRCH, W. D. and PRIN~... telluride mineralization from the Ashanti gold mine, Ghana, 617 BRAITHWAITE,R. S. W. and Ksl~UT, J.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Osborne mine, IOCG-style Cu–Au deposit in Queensland, Australia. The history of the Osborne mine discovery...open cut kaolin mine in the south, and a currentlyoperating small-scale copper mine in the north. The...operated mines such as Kombat mine, Tschudi mine and Tsumeb mine. Kombat mine was closed in 2008 and...5 Mt at 2.46% Cu, 1.6% Pb and 18 g/t Ag. Tschudi mine, whose open pit mining started in 2014 with the...arenite of Tschudi Formation (Figure 8). Tsumeb mine, which had been mined from 1897 to 1996 with its
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
leucophoeniclte rncgovernite-1i.ke 1182 from the Kombat mine, Namibia, 632' 838' 888 Dunn, P.J., see Peacor, D...pyroxene-beari.ng quartz syenite gnei.ss from the High Peaks region of the Adirondack Mountains, 26I Paces, J.8., see...new manganese hydroxyl-carbonate from the Kombat mine, Namibia, 632 Peacor, D.R,, R.C. Rouse, S.W. Bailey:...J.A. Nelen: Defernite from the Kornbat rnine. Namibia: A second occurrence. structure refinement, and...lead oxychloride silicon-bearlng (Namlbia), Kombat mine, South West Africa 643 I44O Rouse, R.C., see
Journal (issue)
Articles Mineralogy and paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California...plus an interesting range o f rare species. The mine, first opened in 1903, continues to produce fine...fine specimens. T INTRODUCTION The Little Three mine is one of several mines located on the Little Three...Ramona district, San Diego County, California. This mine, strictly speaking, is developed in the Little Three...state o f Minas Gerais, Brazil, and St. A nne’s mine, Karoi district, Zimbabwe. Fine specimens of dark
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
subduction accretion in the Pan-African Damara Belt of Namibia Shawn Kitt a,⁎, Alexander Kisters a, Nick Steven...South Africa Rockwater Consulting Namibia, PO Box 27344, Windhoek, Namibia c International Base Metals Limited...Explorations, PO Box 81136, Olympia, Windhoek, Namibia b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Chalcocite Shear zone hosted Amphibolite Retrograde biotite–epidote schists Damara Belt 3D modelling Exhumed...discovery in the Pan-African Damara Belt of central Namibia. The deposit is situated in Mesoproterozoic gneisses
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
contrast w i t h t h o s e in t h e n o r t h (Otavi District) w h i c h Martin t e r m e d m i o g e...circles). Inset shows location of South West Africa/Namibia. This paper is primarily concerned with those parts...contacts are gradational. The Swakop Group (or Otavi Group in the north) rocks overlap Nosib Group rocks...ASSEMBLAGE: kyanlteĂ· garnetĂ·staurollte+muecovite+ biotiteĂ· plagioclaseĂ·quartz q~ J o r d l e r ~ Ă· S...n e , sandstone shale quartzite, conglomerate Kombat Tschudi Group Subgroup Formation Unconformity
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
intracontinental branch of the Damaran Orogen in Namibia. Crustal shortening across the Lufilian Arc is...sweeping curved zone linking the Damaran Orogen of Namibia and Botswana with the Lufilian Arc of southern...Damaran orogen extending from the Atlantic coast of Namibia inland, with WSW--ENE and SW--NE trends, as opposed...the region south of the Mwembeshi Fault Zone in Zambia (recently termed the Luangwa--Kariba region by...GrOup O v a m b o Formation: Tschudi Formation: Kombat Formation: shales, siltstones, sandstones arkoses
Journal (issue)
Rhodonite, 4.7 cm, from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection...collection, John Chapman photo. ‱ 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo. Middle row from left: ‱ 2.3 cm, Kintore mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Aloe Family collection;...spent the rest of their lives there as miners and mine captains. Cornish tradition favored the collecting...build his mineral collection. His job at the Moonta mine was sampling ore for the company’s assay office
Journal (issue)
v/Dec2023 1. 98, No.6 - - - - - - - - ROCKS & MINE $12.95US $12.95CAN IIUJ ., . vww.tandfonlirie...tandfonlirie .com/vram MIM MUSEUM Vesuvianite Jeffrey Mine. Val-des-Sources. Les Sources RCM, Es t rie, Quebec... Figure 16. Chalcocite, 12 cm across, Bristol Copper mine, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut; mim specimen...Figure 14. Stibiotantalite, 4.5 cm tall, Urandu mine, Shigar Valley, Shigar district, Gilgit-Baltistan...photo. Figure 15. Legrandite, 19 cm tall, Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Mapimi Municipality, Durango, Mexico;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
diamictite (equivalent to the Varianto/Brazil and Chuos/Namibia diamictites), and conformably overlie rocks of...volcanism of the Askevold Formation (Nosib Group, Namibia). A gradational lithological transition between...Cailteux). ✠ Deceased. 700-km-long and 50-km-wide region from the Mwinilunga district in northwestern Zambia...in the Chuos Formation, west of the Otavi Mountain Land in Namibia, which have minimum ages of 746 ± 2...2001), suggests an extension of this belt to this region. At Kambove, two units of stratified to massive
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
Book
who is to start an exploration venture in some region, how should he know if he is to study a monograph...satisfactory if the basins of various origins in a region share some common heritage, but to throw all heterogeneous...of Foreland Basins of the Alpine-Mediterranean Region. The pull-apart and back-arc basins on the shores...of the Sedimentary Basins of the Circum-Pacific Region. There are, of course, other sedimentary basins...National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia Private Bag 13196 Windhoek, Namibia A.S. EL HAWAT4 Department of
Book (edition)
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); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, 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... Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia (sample: Melcher/OberthĂŒr); PPL D Fine-grained
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
they represent the largest number of veins in the region, are very well known PT mineralogically and geochemically...Canada (Carignan et al. 1997), the Otavi Mountainland in Namibia (Deane 1995) and the Schwarzwald mining...unusually well-studied and typical example for a region that has vein-hosted ore deposits associated with...they represent the largest number of veins in the region, are very well known mineralogically and geochemically...hydrothermal alteration of K-feldspar, plagioclase and biotite, samples D showing various degrees of hydrothermal
 
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