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Mottramite from
Tsumeb West Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Mottramite
Formula:PbCu(VO4)(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mottramite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tsumeb West Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:12695
Long-form Identifier:1:3:12695:5
GUID (UUID V4):1fc31ced-e3bb-4491-a73e-138dc3bab2ef
Nearest other occurrences of Mottramite
4.5km (2.8 miles) Tsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
5.2km (3.2 miles) Friesenberg prospect, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
13.9km (8.6 miles) Alt Bobos Mine, Uris Farm 481, Guinas, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
15.3km (9.5 miles) Karavatu Mine, Uris Farm 481, Guinas, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
32.7km (20.3 miles) Nosib Mine, Guinas, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
41.8km (26.0 miles) Dogleg prospect, Olifantsfontein 9, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
42.0km (26.1 miles) Olifantsfontein Mine, Olifantsfontein 9, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
46.5km (28.9 miles) Kupferberg Mine, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
47.2km (29.3 miles) Gross Otavi Mine (Gross Otavi prospect), Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
50.8km (31.6 miles) Kombat Mine, Kombat, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Genesis of Vanadium Ores in the Otavi Mountainland, Namibia MARIA BONI,† Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra...ores (descloizite, mottramite, and vanadinite) in the Otavi Mountainland, Namibia, once were considered...controversial. Mottramite and Cu descloizite are particularly abundant around Cu sulfide deposits (Tsumeb type)...Belgium. 0361-0128/07/3663/441-29 Mountainland, Namibia. Mining for vanadium, following the exploitation...Friedrich, 1994) and Angola (Millman, 1960). Mottramite [PbCu(VO4)(OH)] was 441 442 Wartha and Schreuder
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Minerals New to Tsumeb R.J. BOWELL1 and H. MOCKE2 1 SRK Consulting, Churchill House, Cardiff CF102HH... Wales 2 Geological Survey of Namibia, Windhoek Abstract: The Tsumeb polymetallic carbonate-hosted replacement...replacement deposit in northern Namibia, although now closed, is a world-renowned deposit of unusual...deposit approximately 337 minerals occur for which Tsumeb is the type locality for 72 of these minerals....through the deposit and during operations into the mine workings, even during early mining, often with different
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Figure 1. Senior mine personnel inspecting an ingress of water on 8 level, on 21 January 1924. F. W....far right. Image courtesy of the Tsumeb Museum, Tsumeb, Namibia. Tsumeb: The Legacy of Wilhelm Klein (1889–1939)...ERNST A. SCHNAITMANN PO Box 9561 Eros, Windhoek Namibia eschnaitmann@gmail.com Dr. Malcolm Southwood has...discovered by Sam Gordon during his 1929 visit to Tsumeb. MGMH specimen 110889 (Klein 976), Malcolm Southwood...Eckleben Hotel, in the town of Tsumeb, in northern Namibia (then known as South West Africa*; fig. 3). The speaker
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The EarlyGermanGeologistsand Entrepreneursin South West Africa The People- Mineralogists,Geologistsand Collectors...Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand...Nauchas-Gamsberg-Hakos Area West and South of Rehoboth The Central and South-CentralDeposits Onganja Mine and Surrounding...Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and the Diamonds 44 49 241 254 272 275... Encyclopedia of the Mineralsof Namibia 443 Meteorites in Namibia Bibliography Index Photo credits
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length of arsenolamprite in matrix from Alacaran Mine (Pampa Larga, Copiapo, Chile). All the specimens...Himalaya Mine was brought into notice in 1898 by Mr. Charles Russell Orcutt, [the famous west coast naturalist]... A. E. Heighway who had operated the tourmaline mine? And how did this lead to the work by the Himalaya...6 daily *Quality December Mineral News 2009 WEST COAST GEM & MINERAL SHOW Holiday Inn - Bristol Plaza...Merchandise Mart, DENVER, CO Quality lnnBenson Hwy. WEST COAST GEM & MINERAL SHOW Holiday Inn - Bristol Plaza
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GES. 148 (2003) THE OTAVI MOUNTAIN LAND IN NAMIBIA: TSUMEB, GERMANIUM AND SNOWBALL EARTH by Frank Melcher...carbonate successions in the Otavi Mountain Land, Namibia, host a large number of polymetallic (Cu-Pb-Zn)...mineralogical data are presented for Ge-bearing ores in the Tsumeb and Khusib Springs deposits, and are compared to...to the ores of Kombat and Berg Aukas. At Tsumeb, local pockets of germanite and reniérite-rich ore assaying...structure. Massive Cu ore at the Khusib Springs mine is composed of tennantite, enargite, galena and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The descloizite-mottramite series of vanadates from the Otavi Mountain Land, South West Africa: an X-ray...ABSTRACT. Descloizite, cuprian descloizite, and mottramite from most of the known prospects and mines in...K~YWORDS: descloizite, mottramite, X-ray data, Otavi Mountain Land, South West Africa. DESCLOIZITE was...between zinc and copper, the names descloizite and mottramite being applied to those end members of the series...containing up to two atoms of Cu per unit cell and mottramite for Cu-rich varieties with more than two atoms
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Ci. Sohnge TSUMEB a historical Sketch l!I!-) � 0 z ::s:: 0 0 � 0::: w 0::: u §5 I :::c ::s::... SCIENTIFIC RESEARCI-:I IN SOUTI-I WEST AFRICA (5n-1 SERIES) G. SOHNGE TSUMEB A HISTORICAL SKETCH <5 figures...signs portray the main chemical elements of the Tsumeb ore deposit and sym­ bolize from top to bottom:...1906-1946 . Tsumeb Mine . Ore Concentration and Smelting Ra:ilway and Communications The Tsumeb Way of Life...43 44 48 53 55 61 IV. Toward the Summit under Tsumeb Corporation 63 Limited, 1947-1966 63 The Awakening
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Morelandite Pseudomorph of Yanadinite La Aurora Mine Chihuahu, Mexico Fornacite DH Claims Gila County...due to a thorough study of the mine- Fig. 1 Descloizite, La Aurora Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico, SEM photo... depending on the exact Cu:Zn ratio. La Aurora Mine While wandering through the dealers' motel rooms...interest and use. Lanny Callenberg Mine reopening The Callenberg Mine at Chemnitz in Saxony, Germany is...will be the first mine to be operated for specimens in Germany, and also the first mine to open since WW
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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
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.......... ......... . .... 610 DIAMOND LEDGE, WEST STAFFORD, CONN. By Peter Z odac................... ................................617 GRIQUALAND WEST CONTRIBUTES MANGANESE TO AMERICAN DEFENCE RESERVES...other thing to note- the Carbola Chemical Co.'s mine road leads Jeft off the Blanchard School road just...bags at In ending this long ramble I wish to trus mine, drive on across the swale and pay as fine a compliment...them but what was cordial, not one the Carbola Co's mine, has a few min- but what gave me the heartiest invitation
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use as chief deposits are in the Adirondack region Its high melting point makes it suitable a refractory...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite...carats, equal to 621 grams) was found at the Premier Mine; named the Cullinan diamond, it was presented to...brown opaque octahedrons in clay at Destricella Mine near Raddusa (Enna) in Italy. A brief mention should...octahedra in the dolomite of the St Gotthard region. Some United States localities are Westmoreland
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Articles The 100-year history of the Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito County, California . . . . . . . . ...known as “the Wreath,” 6 cm, from the Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito County, California. Natural History...Benitoite Gem mine will note the portion of the story devoted to the 1935 visit to the mine by collecting...war Bill served in the U.S. Navy as skipper of a mine sweeper stationed in Cold Bay, Alaska. After his... Our collecting trips with him to the Grandview mine in the Grand Canyon and to the White Mountains were
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immature beans have been used as a vegetable in the West Indies and elsewhere, and that no untoward symptoms...wheat flour attempts are being made in the British West Indies to replace part of the flour imported by...has been cultivated experimentally in the British West Indies and in Nyasaland, and three samples of "...Dutch Guiana, on the south and south-west l?y Brazil, and on the west by Venezuela. The colony may be divided...and swampy belt of marine alluvium-the coastal region. This rises gradually from the seaboard and extends
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want to check this, you will have to visit a salt mine; halides are dissolved by groundwater if they are...images’ of each other Left: Cerussite from South-West Africa, forming multiple intergrowths Far left:...walking and for work in such places as quarries and mine dumps. The second requirement is for old, expendable...Collectors working on the spoil tip ofa mine. Quarries and mine workings remain a fruitful source for...metal or commodity markets, so it may be economic to mine a deposit one year but not the next. Abundance and
 
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