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Quartz from
Rössing uranium mine, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Clinohumite2 photos of Quartz associated with Clinohumite at this locality.
Calcite2 photos of Quartz associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rössing uranium mine, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:266479
Long-form Identifier:1:3:266479:8
GUID (UUID V4):b9117d98-9946-4c03-b3bd-490bc2f2cfb9
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
7.8km (4.8 miles) Khan Mine, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
14.0km (8.7 miles) Arandis tin mine, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
22.8km (14.2 miles) Valencia deposit, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
31.1km (19.3 miles) Namib Lead Mine, Rössing Mountains area, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
32.4km (20.1 miles) Goanikontes Claim, Goanikontes, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
45.6km (28.3 miles) Hakskeen Farm 89, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
46.6km (28.9 miles) Tubas deposit, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
46.8km (29.1 miles) Langer Heinrich uranium project, Langer Heinrich Mountain, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
47.1km (29.3 miles) Ebony Farm (Namibfontein 91), Usakos, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
52.2km (32.4 miles) Eureka carbonatite, Eureka Farm 99, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
References
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Actinolite from Namibia by Justin Zzyzx ............................................pg. 15 Abenab Mine by Ernst...........................................pg. 23 Quartz Replacing Fluorite by Justin Zzyzx ...........................................pg. 31 Three Aloes Mine by Ernst Schnaitmann ............................................................pg. 47 Otjozondu Mine by Ernst Schnaitmann .............................we bring you eleven articles about locations in Namibia that do not receive much publicity. It is easy
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Desert Copper Valley, Khorixas District and Region, Namibia Department of Geology University of Johannesburg...Figure 1. The Namib Desert in the Sossusvlei area, Namibia. Bruce Cairncross photo (2017). N AMIBITE, Cu(BiO)...Mesopotamia located in Copper Valley in northwestern Namibia (von Knorring and Sahama 1981) where it occurs...occurs in a polymetallic mineralized hydrothermal quartz vein (fig. 3). Subsequent to its description as a... brochantite, khorixasite, and quartz. Since its discovery in Namibia, namibite has been found in other
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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
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.,,., ..,,.... w + ..... . ·. .... . - Namibia Zauberwelt edler Steine und Kristalle ooa Dieses...Erdgeschichte 8 Zur Geschichte des Bergbaus in Namibia 17 Der Brandberg und die Mineralfunde in seiner...blaue Wunder vom Erongo - Auf Aquamarin-Jagd im Innern Namibias 72 Miarolen im Erongo-Granit- ein Eldorado...110 Auf Turmalinsuche in Namibia Die Demantoide von Tubussis in Zentral-Namibia 112 116 Sodalith von...t bei Rössing l 19 Zeolithe vom Grootbergpaß in Namibia Kamphaugit-(Y) von der Rössing-Mine 120 124
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modeling and calcrete-uranium prospectivity analysis of Central Erongo Region, Namibia T ⁎ Bijal Chudasamaa...Resources & Exploration (Pty) Ltd, Swakopmund, Namibia b A R T I C LE I N FO A B S T R A C T Keywords:...mapping Aero-magnetic data Calcrete-hosted surficial uranium system Namib Desert palaeodrainage network Damaran...palaeodrainage system in the Namibian calcrete-uranium province is deeply buried under Cenozoic sediments...spite of hosting the world’s largest calcrete-uranium deposit at Langer Heinrich. This paper presents
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IAEA-TECDOC-1629 World Distribution of Uranium Deposits (UDEPO) with Uranium Deposit Classification 2009 Edition... IAEA-TECDOC-1629 World Distribution of Uranium Deposits (UDEPO) with Uranium Deposit Classification 2009 Edition...Austria WORLD DISTRIBUTION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS (UDEPO) WITH URANIUM DEPOSIT CLASSIFICATION IAEA, VIENNA...Having comprehensive information on the worldwide uranium deposits is crucial for implementation of significant...published numerous reports on different types of uranium deposits, their geological characteristics and
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the Guangshigou Uranium Deposit: Constraints on the Paleozoic Pegmatite-Type Uranium Mineralization in...the Guangshigou Uranium Deposit: Constraints on the Paleozoic Pegmatite-Type Uranium Mineralization in...of Uranium Resources Exploration and Evaluation Technology, Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology...+86-791-83897617 (Z.Y.) Abstract: Pegmatite-type uranium mineralization occurs in the Shangdan domain of...rock-forming minerals of the host pegmatite including quartz, feldspar, biotite, zircon, monazite, apatite,
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from mineralized pegmatites of the Damara Belt, Namibia: insight into late-stage fluid evolution and implications...northeast-trending Neoproterozoic Damara Belt, Namibia. Mineralization in the pegmatites varies geographically...Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland Introduction Namibia possesses a vast and diverse mineral wealth, including...Here, the results of fluid inclusion analyses on quartz wafers from 10 sampled pegmatites are presented...Sampling and sample preparation The Damara Belt, Namibia, is the NE-trending arm of the Neoproterozoic Damara
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1007/s00126-008-0223-1 ARTICLE The extreme diversity of uranium deposits Michel Cuney Received: 10 September 2008...2008 Abstract Most available classifications of uranium deposits are based on the characteristics of the...geochemical behavior of uranium in fluids and silicate melts and on the main uranium fractionation mechanisms...mechanisms operating in uranium-rich peraluminous, metaluminous, and peralkaline melts, the most recent metallogenic...metallogenic models of the main types of uranium deposits are shortly reviewed. ces: unconformity-related
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located 25 km from the southeastern edge of the uranium-rich Athabasca Basin; it hosts a number of U- and...suggesting that they are xenocrysts from the source region of the melt. Biotite dehydration reactions have...host significant uranium deposits, the largest being the Rössing deposit in Namibia (Berning et al. 1976...examples of pegmatite- and leucogranite-hosted uranium mineralization are common within the Grenville...al. 2000, and Madore et al. 2000). Whereas the Rössing deposit and the uraniferous pegmatites of the Grenville
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Gneisses and Pegmatite in the Giant Husab Uranium Deposit, Namibia Shan-Shan Li 1 , Wei Zeng 2 , Huai-Feng...Gneisses and Pegmatite in the Giant Husab Uranium Deposit, Namibia. Minerals 2022, 12, 379. https://doi.org/...Tianjin 300170, China; zwei2011@mail.cgs.gov.cn Uranium Resources Company Limited, China General Nuclear...kunfengqiu@cugb.edu.cn Abstract: The giant Husab uranium deposit is located in the Paleoproterozoic Abbabis...syeno-granitic gneiss, granitic syenite and biotite quartz monzonites of this complex. Geochemical data suggest
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Petrogenesis of Biotite Granites in the Gaudeanmus Area, Namibia Shengyun Wang 1,2, *, Honghai Fan 1,2 , Jinyong...Chen 1,2 1 2 * Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology, Beijing 100029, China; Fhh270@263.net...); chendh2016@126.com (D.C.) Key Laboratory of Uranium Resource Exploration and Evaluation Technology...Gaudeanmus area; Namibia 1. Introduction The central zone of the Damara orogenic belt in Namibia is characterized... Minerals 2020, 10, 76 2 of 18 granite, and quartz monzonite formed in different ages [3]. Brandt
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Saskatchewan, Canada, in close proximity to the uranium-rich Athabasca Basin. Here, these magmatic rocks...Wollaston Domain, uranium metallogeny, Fraser Lakes Zone B, Saskatchewan. Introduction Uranium-bearing granitic...the only present production is at the Rössing mine in Namibia (Berning et al. 1976, Basson & Greenway...exploration model for granitic-pegmatite-hosted uranium and thorium mineralization in the Wollaston Domain...approximately 55 km southeast of the Key Lake uranium mine. The Wollaston Domain, a high-grade metamorphosed
Report (issue)
.............................................. Quartz Monzodiorite Suite (unit 18)..................................... 102 Global Classification of Uranium Deposits..................................................... 103 Characteristics of Intrusive Uranium Deposits.......................................................................... 109 Cavendish Mine....................................................... 110 Comparison Between Cavendish and Rössing Uranium Occurrences ..............................
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initiated a controlled nuclear chain reaction. Uranium is a ubiquitous element that occurs everywhere;...1966). Uranium is a member of the actinide series of elements, as are thorium and plutonium. Uranium has...resulting in disequilibrium in the radioactivity of Uranium is one of the most important energyrelated materials...To meet the current and projected needs of the uranium industry, discovery of new deposits and development...and processing are critical. The discovery of uranium is attributed to Klaproth, a German chemist who
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southwestern Central Zone of the Damara Belt, Namibia and implications for tectonic setting L. Longridge...southwestern Central Zone of the Damara Belt, Namibia and implications for tectonic setting, LITHOS (2017)...SOUTHWESTERN CENTRAL ZONE OF THE DAMARA BELT, NAMIBIA AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TECTONIC SETTING IP T Longridge...with the SC R Gariep Belt found in southern Namibia and the Northern Cape Province of South Africa...stricto, which extends northeastwards through Namibia and MA Botswana into Zambia (where it continues
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online 4 December 2013 Keywords: Katanga Copperbelt Uranium deposition Shinkolobwe U–Pb geochronology Heterogenite...Heterogenite a b s t r a c t The Katanga Copperbelt region of the Democratic Republic of Congo hosts world-class...most abundant Co-bearing secondary mineral in the region. Its occurrence is the result of oxidation of Cu–Co-sulfides...consistent with syn-early diagenetic concentration of uranium in sediments of the Katanga basin. The ∼720 to...fold-and-thrust Belt”, the Middle Unit to the Zambian “Dome Region”, and the Inner Unit includes the “Synclinorial
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IAEA TECDOC SERIES Geological Classification of Uranium Deposits and Description of Selected Examples ...IAEA-TECDOC-1842 Geological Classification of Uranium Deposits and Description of Selected Examples ...ISSN 1011–4289 @ GEOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS AND DESCRIPTION OF SELECTED EXAMPLES ...MONGOLIA MONTENEGRO MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE MYANMAR NAMIBIA NEPAL NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NICARAGUA NIGER NIGERIA... IAEA-TECDOC-1842 GEOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS AND DESCRIPTION OF SELECTED EXAMPLES
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South Africa, India, Himalaya, Italy, China, Namibia and Canada (Liew et al. 1989, Raith 1995, Braun...been reported from USA, Australia, Greenland, Namibia, Brazil, Egypt, 0077-7757/07/0088 $ 2.75 © 2007...setting. They have been reported from Australia, Namibia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Germany and Jordan (Liew et...minimal alteration effects from plutonic rocks of the region (including 26 samples from SE and SW of Saqqez)...(Fig. 2a). These rocks consist of plagioclase, quartz, orthoclase, minor biotite, secondary epidote and
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Positive PFS Paves the way for new Namibian gold mine FOCUS FEATURE: EVOLUTION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY ...early feasibility stages through to execution and mine handover. The journey to reach this point has seen...multi-billion rand project to develop an underground mine for a well-established open pit PGM operation on...ventilation system. As the underground ore body in this region is relatively shallow, access from surface declines...pre-sink work for Lucara Diamond Corporation’s Karowe mine in Botswana, UMS has secured the work to complete
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Broder J. Merkel Alireza Arab Editors Uranium – Past and Future Challenges Proceedings of the 7th International...International Conference on Uranium Mining and Hydrogeology Uranium – Past and Future Challenges Broder... Broder J. Merkel Alireza Arab • Editors Uranium – Past and Future Challenges Proceedings of the 7th...7th International Conference on Uranium Mining and Hydrogeology 123 Editors Broder J. Merkel Alireza...October 1995 the First International Conference on Uranium Mining and Hydrogeology took place with 350 participants
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Descriptive Uranium Deposit and Mineral System Models Descriptive Uranium Deposit and Mineral System...8. COLLAPSE BRECCIA PIPE 9. SANDSTONE 10. PALEO QUARTZ–PEBBLE CONGLOMERATE 11. SURFICIAL 12. LIGNITE COAL...978–92–0–109220–5 20-00131 15. BLACK SHALE DESCRIPTIVE URANIUM DEPOSIT AND MINERAL SYSTEM MODELS The following...MONGOLIA MONTENEGRO MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE MYANMAR NAMIBIA NEPAL NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NICARAGUA NIGER NIGERIA...prosperity throughout the world’’. DESCRIPTIVE URANIUM DEPOSIT AND MINERAL SYSTEM MODELS INTERNATIONAL
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Accepted Manuscript Phanerozoic uranium mineralization in Variscan Europe – more than 400 Ma of tectonic...tectonic, supergene, and climate-controlled uranium redistribution Rolf L. Romer, Michel Cuney PII: DOI:...article as: R.L. Romer, M. Cuney, Phanerozoic uranium mineralization in Variscan Europe – more than 400...of tectonic, supergene, and climate-controlled uranium redistribution, Ore Geology Reviews (2018), doi:...pertain. Phanerozoic uranium mineralization in Variscan Europe Phanerozoic uranium mineralization in Variscan
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low-temperature granulite-facies metasediments, Damara Belt, Namibia Robert Ward, Gary Stevens ⁎, Alex Kisters Department...metasediments from the Pan-African Damara Belt in Namibia that have undergone fluid-present biotite melting...metamorphic rocks. The rocks of the Damara Orogen in Namibia provide a superb natural laboratory for 254 ...investigations of anatexis The Damara Orogen of central Namibia formed as a result of the convergence and subsequent...situ melting of the metasediments, principally via quartz + feldspar + H2O melting. An oxygen isotopic investigation
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conglomerate from the Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa. Quartz veins cutting this unit attest to the action of...fluids in the sequence. (e) Hydrothermal ore type: quartz-carbonate vein network in an Archean orogenic or...assemblage of deposit types. • Metallogenic Province: a region characterized by a particular assemblage of mineral...those with atomic numbers greater than 92 (U: uranium) either occur in vanishingly small amounts as unstable...clay for the ceramics industry). Tekto (framework) Quartz – SiO2 Orthoclase – (K,Na)AlSi3O8 Albite – (Na
 
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