 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1007/s00126-012-0403-x ARTICLE The Oāokiep Copper District, Namaqualand, South Africa: a review of the geology with...Abstract The Oāokiep Copper District is the oldest formal mining area in South Africa. Between 1852 and...the 2,500 km2 area yielded two million tons of copper from 32 mines ranging in ore tonnages from 140...Koperberg Suite. Almost all of the copper in the Oāokiep District occurs in the Koperberg Suite, of which...it is one of only two world examples of economic copper mineralization in rocks of the anorthositeācharnockite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from tungsten deposits in western Namaqualand, South Africa: implications for ore genesis and the timing...W(Mo) deposits in the Okiep copper district in western Namaqualand, South Africa. Apparently, stratabound...accessory molybdenite) occurs in foliation-parallel quartz veins in high-grade (750 Ā°C, 5Ā±6 kbar) metapelites...ReĀ±Os ages for molybdenites from four deposits (Nababeep Tungsten Far West, Kliphoog, Narrap, Tweedam)...granulite facies terrane in western Namaqualand, South Africa. Both epigenetic and syngenetic models have |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Springer-Verlag 1976 The Copper Deposits of the O'Okiep District, South Africa: New Data and Concepts E...Ltd., Springbok, 8240, South Africa The copper deposits of the O' okiep District rank amongst the top...extension of the 1200 m.y. Kibaran orogenic belt. Copper mineralization is linked to cross-cutting bodies...exsolution lamellae contain up to 14% ZnO. The copper sulphides occur as granular aggregates with silicates...activities were commenced The Copper Deposits of the O' okiep District ~/'~I Fig. I. Sketch map |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | - M o mineralization in western Namaqualand, South Africa J.G. R a i t h Institut fiir Geowissenschaften...the western Namaqualand Metamorphic Complex, South Africa. It intruded synkinematically, with respect...Cu-bearing mafic intrusives in the west (Okiep C o p p e r District; L o m b a a r d et al., 1986 ). Tungsten...following paper, are also present in the Okiep C o p p e r District. Earlier studies concluded that these...tungsten deposits and their host rocks in the Okiep Copper District have been critically reinvestigated. The |  | CLIFFORD, T. N., BARTON, E. S., RETIEF, E. A., REX, D. C., FANNING, C. M. (1995) A Crustal Progenitor for the Intrusive Anorthosite--Charnockite Kindred of the Cupriferous Koperberg Suite, O'okiep District, Namaqualand, South Africa; New Isotope Data for the Country Rocks and the Intrusives. Journal of Petrology, 36 (1) 231-258 doi:10.1093/petrology/36.1.231 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | WITWATERSRAND, PRIVATE BAG 3, WITS 2050, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA "BERNARD PRICE INSTITUTE FOR GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH...UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA 'DIVISION OF EARTH, MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE...SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, CSIR, PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA ā¢DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS...suggest mines have been established in the O'okiep District in the a crustal-melt source for the intrusive...metamorphism in the O'okiep District is The two principal copper-producing areas in South recorded by a Rb-Sr |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | WOawas produced, occur in theOkiepcopper district, South Africa, whichispartofa high-temperature, low-pressure...qualand Metamorphic Complex, NorthCapeprovince, South 0361-0128/95/1764/1934-21 $4.00 1934 TUNGSTEN...NAMAQUALAND SUITE Early to synorogenic granitoids (Nababeep Granite Gneiss, Modderfontein Granite Gneiss)...Lombaard et al.,1986)andlocation oftheOkiepcopper district, NorthCapeprovince, SouthAfrica.Onlymajorsupracrustal...boreholes(FMS,Flat MineSouth;WHS,WhealHeathSouth)areshown. Africa,thatformspartof theextensive Namaqua-Natal oro- |  | Clifford, Tom N., Stumpfl, Eugen F., Burger, Alwyn J., McCarthy, Terence S., Rex, David C. (1981) Mineral-chemical and isotopic studies of Namaqualand granulites, South Africa: A grenville analogue. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 77 (3) 225-250 doi:10.1007/bf00373538 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Isotopic Studies of Namaqualand Granulites, South Africa: A Grenville Analogue Tom N. Clifford, 1 Eugen...University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 2 Montan-Universitgt, Leoben, Austria 3 National...Physical Research Laboratory, C.S.I.R., Pretoria, South Africa 4 Department of Earth Sciences, University of...Abstract. The northwestern part of South Africa and southern South-West Africa/Namibia is amongst the most...most extensive granulite terranes in Africa. This work reports the results of electron microprobe studies |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | desulfidation Koperberg Suite, Namaqualand, South Africa of the cupriferous R. H. BOER,ā F. M. MEYER...University of the Witwatersrand, WITS 2050, South Africa āDepartment of Geology, University of the Witwatersrand...Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, WITS 2050, South Africa (Received January 14, 1993; accepted in revised...facies terrane in the northwestern Cape Province of South Africa. Rock types include pyroxenite, norite...glimmerite and host an important repository of copper ore. This paper reports petrographic and stable |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA 2 RESEARCH SCHOOL OF EARTH SCIENCES, THE AUSTRALIAN...flanking the Archaean Kaapvaal Craton of southern Africa. Previous isotopic dating in the region suggests...Namaqualand, South Africa JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY VOLUME 40 The study area The Okiep Copper District (OCD)...(OCD) in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa flourished as a copper mining district for some 140 years...Craton in southern Africa (Fig. 1). Extensions of this orogenic belt elsewhere in Africa are referred to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | granulite facies transition in the Okiep Copper District, South Africa J.G. Raith Institute of Geological...granulite amphibolite facies transition in the Okiep Copper District in western Namaqualand. Low-pressure mafic...granulites are mainly found in metagranitoids (Nababeep Gneiss) and supracrustal sequences (Khurisberg...(Khurisberg Subgroup) in the southern granulite facies Okiep domain; they include low-MgO as well as Mg-rich ol-normative...volcano-sedimentary rocks of the Lammerhoek Subgroup in the northern Steinkopf domain. All metabasites were metamorphosed |  | | Book | | fhistoryOO00smal Aspects of the History of Copper mining in Namaqualand 1846-1931 for Aunt Epie and...History of Copper mining in Namaqualand 1846-1931 John M Smalberger C. STRUIK (PTY) LTD. CAPE TOWN JOHANNESBURG...Africana Specialist and Publisher, 56 Wale Street, Cape Town Ā© Jj. M. Smalberger 1975 ISBN 0 86977 043...Reinders Printed in South Africa by Printpak (Cape) Limited, Dacres Avenue, Epping, Cape Contents Acknowledgements...Hondeklip Bay Port Nolloth Spectakel Nababeep Concordia Oā okiep Epilogue Tables Source list and bibliography |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Springer-Verlag 1983 The Copper-Bearing Basic Rocks of Namaqualand, South Africa J. R. Mclver and T. S....Johannesburg B. de V. Packham O'okiep Copper Company Limited Nababeep Copper mineralisation is associated with...irregularly-shaped bodies within the gneissic terrain of the Okiep District. These basic rocks comprise the so-called Koperberg...constitute one of the three major copper producers in South Africa. While a metasomatic origin was briefly...the geology of the Okiep Copper District (Fig. 1) and sevThe existence of the copper-bearing eral theories |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Metamorphic Rocks and Intrusives in Namaqnaland, South Africa by T. N. CLIFFORD, 1 J . GRONOW,2 D. C. R E...University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; * Department of Geology, University of Leeds...R., Pretoria, South Africa ABSTRACT The metamorphic sequence in the Nababeep district of Namaqualand...elements of the Precambrian terrain in the Cape Province of South Africa are: (a) an important suite of metamorphosed...Ā± 4 0 m.y. (De Villiers & Burger, 1967). To the south of the Orange River and to the west of Prieska-MarydaleIJoarntl |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Low-P/high-T metamorphism in the Okiep Copper District, western Namaqualand, South Africa J . G . R A I T H1 AN...9EH Edinburgh, UK A B S TR A C T The Okiep Copper District, part of the 1.2ā1.0 Ga high-grade terrane...event (M4) of PanAfrican age. Peak assemblages in quartz-bearing pelites are characterized either by garnet+cordierite...assemblages were retrogressed to biotite+sillimanite+quartz (M2b) along discontinuous foliation planes and...Kibaran high-grade metamorphism in the Okiep Copper District is thermally punctuated and (b) reaction |  | Yuhara, M., Miyazaki, T., Ishioka, J., Suzuki, S., Kagami, H., Tsuchiya, N. (2002) Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd Mineral Isochron Ages of the Metamorphic Rocks in the Namaqualand Metamorphic Complex, South Africa. Gondwana Research, 5 (4) 771-779 doi:10.1016/s1342-937x(05)70912-6 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rocks in the Namaqualand Metamorphic Complex, South Africa M. Yuharal, T. Miyazaki2,J. Ishioka3, S. Suzuki3...rocks in the Namaqualand Metamorphic Complex, South Africa. The metamorphic rocks give the Rb-Sr mineral...whole-rock - mineral isochron age, Namaqualand, South Africa, granulite. Introduction The Namaqualand Metamorphic...southwestern margins of the Kaapvaal Craton of southern Africa. It consists of various granitic intrusive suites...Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd whole-rock isochron ages of the Nababeep Granite Gneiss in the Namaqualand Metamorphic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cu-sulphide ores at Carolusberg and East Okiep, Namaqualand, South Africa Received: 12 April 1999 / Accepted:...Abstract Cu-sulphide ores at Carolusberg and East Okiep have Cu/Ni ratios of up to 80, an order of magnitude... due to the paucity of refractory ores in the district. Assimilation of Cu-rich country rocks during...The Cu-sulphide ores of the Okiep district of Namaqualand, South Africa (Fig. 1), remain one of the more...more enigmatic mineral deposits in southern Africa. The ores are hosted by the pyroxenitic and, to a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa e Department of Earth Sciences, Parks Road,...Anglo-American Mining Corporation, Aggeneys, Northern Cape, South Africa Received 19 January 2006; received in...and āwrapsā the Archaean Kaapvaal Craton to the south and west. The Orogen includes the western ultra-hightemperature...Orogen wraps the Archaean Kaapvaal Craton to the south and west, and is truncated by the Neoproterozoic...Small inset map shows position in southern Africa. CāCape Fold Belt (Triassic), D/G/MāDamaran/Gariep/Mozambique |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE NABABEEP NEAR WEST TUNGSTEN MINE, SOUTH AFRICA SouthAJrica P. G. Sonr.rct,O'okiepCopperCompany,Ltd...ferberite-wolframite deposits in the Namaqualand copper district are restricted to several bands of sedimentary...mineralization in the Nababeep Near West mine and with the mineralogy of the ore. fNrnoDucrIoN Nababeep is situated...situated about 300 miles north of Cape Town in the well dissectedescarpment belt of Little Namaqualand separating...plateau from the Atlantic coastal plain. copper deposits of this district have been mined since 1850 and with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | low-pressure granulite terrain in Namaqualand. South Africa. and their bearing on granite genesis and the...University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa Mimer 1 August 1975; accepted in revised form...low-pressure grant&e facies rocks in Namaqualand, South Africa, are reported. The area is underlain by augen...and quart&es, which contain interlayered granular quartz-feldspar rocks (termed āgranulitesā) derived by...investigation in a granulite terrain in Namaqualand, South Africa, where information on all of these aspects is |  | MAIER, W. D., ANDREOLI, M. A. G., GROVES, D. I., BARNES, S.- J. (2012) PETROGENESIS OF CU-NI SULPHIDE ORES FROM O'OKIEP AND KLIPRAND, NAMAQUALAND, SOUTH AFRICA: CONSTRAINTS FROM CHALCOPHILE METAL CONTENTS. South African Journal of Geology, 115 (4) 499-514 doi:10.2113/gssajg.115.4.499 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ORES FROM OāOKIEP AND KLIPRAND, NAMAQUALAND, SOUTH AFRICA: CONSTRAINTS FROM CHALCOPHILE METAL CONTENTS...maier@oulu.fi M.A.G. ANDREOLI South African Nuclear Energy Corporation, South Africa; School of Geosciences...University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa e-mail: marco.andreoli@necsa.co.za D.I. GROVES...Society of South Africa ABSTRACT The petrogenesis of sulphide ores in the Oāokiep district has remained...additional IOCG deposits elsewhere in southern Africa. The model also predicts an enhanced potential |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | te-phlogopite paragenesis from Namaqualand, South Africa T. N. CLIFFORD, x E. F. STUMPFL, ~ ANDJ. R....te-phlogopite-spinel rock from Namaqualand, South Africa. These data are considered in relation to experimental...Kheis System (Martin, 1965, p. 59). In the Nababeep district the structural succession comprises (Benedict...gneiss; Springbok granulite, quartzite, and schist; Nababeep gneiss; Concordia granite and gneiss with Wolfram...thermal dome (Joubert, I97 I, p. I23). The Nababeep district lies on the western Side of its culmination |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bushmanland, South Africa Russell Bailie Department of Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private...Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7700, South Africa Present address: Paleoproterozoic Mineralisation Research Group...Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2006, South Africa e-mail: russellb@postgrad.uj.ac.za Richard...Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7700, South Africa e-mail: dlr@geology.uct...of South Africa ABSTRACT The central Bushmanland portion of the Namaqua Province of South Africa is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NOTE ON BOTRYOIDAL AND STALACTITIC COPPER ORES FROM NAMAQUALAND By A. K. Cornelissen [PJ,ATES LXI-LXV]...LXI-LXV] ABSTRACT In the Wheal Julia mine small cavities occur in a horizontally fractured zone of post-sulphide...and occasionally bornite. In the N ababeep West mine the diorite along a vug zone is well altered to...cone-in-cone pattern. The unusual shape of the copper sulphides is ascribed to deposition in a colloidal...Wheal Julia copper mine is situated half a Inile west of the village of Concordia, and Nababeep West lies |  | Duchesne, Jean-Clair, Auwera, Jacqueline Vander, LiĆ©geois, Jean-Paul, Barton, Erika S., Clifford, Tom N. (2007) Geochemical constraints of the petrogenesis of the Oāokiep Koperberg Suite and granitic plutons in Namaqualand, South Africa: A crustal source in Namaquan (Grenville) times. Precambrian Research, 153 (1) 116-142 doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2006.11.005 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Koperberg Suite and granitic plutons in Namaqualand, South Africa: A crustal source in Namaquan (Grenville) times... UniversiteĢ de LieĢge, Sart Tilman, Belgium b Africa Museum, Section de GeĢologie Isotopique, Tervuren...Johannesburg, South Africa d School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa...Orogeny (late Mesoproterozoic) in the Oāokiep District is characterized by two tectono-magmatic episodes:...(1040ā1020 Ma), which includes the intrusion of the copper-bearing Koperberg Suite and the Rietberg Granite |  | | Book (edition) | | Southern Africa a Collectorās Guide ā Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones of Southern Africa & ā - ... T ~ '' .rats en&nes L of Southern Africa A Collectorās Guide - Struik Publishers (an operating...Ltd.) Struik House Oswald Pirow Street Foreshore, Cape Town 8001 First edition 1976 Second edition 1983...Ā©E.K. Macintosh Cover design by Neville Poulter, Cape Town Lithographic reproduction by Tien Wah Press...Ltd, Singapore Photoset by McManus Bros (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town Printed and bound by Interpak, Pietermaritzburg |
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