 | Borg, G., Karner, K., Buxton, M., Armstrong, R., Merwe, S. W. v. d. (2003) Geology of the Skorpion Supergene Zinc Deposit, Southern Namibia. Economic Geology, 98 (4) 749-771 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.98.4.749 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 749–771 Geology of the Skorpion Supergene Zinc Deposit, Southern Namibia GREGOR BORG,† KATRIN KÄRNER...South Africa Abstract The Skorpion zinc deposit in southwestern Namibia comprises a significant nonsulfide...age of 751.9 ± 5.5 Ma. The basin that hosts the Skorpion deposit has been shaped by horst and (half-)graben...style of the region is the result of intense faulting, folding, and thrusting. The Skorpion orebody is...premetamorphic and predeformation origin. In contrast, the Skorpion nonsulfide zinc deposit is of postmetamorphic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Kingston"] at 08:22 13 August 2013 Rosh Pinah LEAD-ZINC MINE Figure 1 (above). Transparent yellow...the Rosh Pinah mine (foreground) with the village in the background. Gisela Hinder photo. Namibia 398...at 08:22 13 August 2013 he Rosh Pinah mine is located in southern Namibia, 20 kilometers north of the...and the farms Namuskluft 88 and Spitzkop III. The mine is somewhat isolated, and in order to get to it...need to be spent driving the roads in southern Namibia. The main access road branches off from the tarred |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pan-African, Neoproterozoic Rosh Pinah Zn-Pb deposit, southwestern Namibia D.J. Alchin Kumba Resources...Grahamstown, South Africa e-mail: J.Moore@ru.ac.za “Rosh Pinah” – The stone which the builders refused has become...genesis of the Neoproterozoic Rosh Pinah Zn-Pb deposit in southwestern Namibia. During continental rifting...rifting at ~740 Ma, an intracratonic rift (Rosh Pinah Graben) became detached from the main Gariep depository...fluid populations – a pre-orogenic, riftrelated Rosh Pinah ore-forming fluid dominated by MgCl2- and CaCl2-rich |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ineral N ames Skorpionite Skorpion Mine Lüderitz District Karas Region Namibia BRUCE CAIRNCROSS S Department...skorpionite scattered on a green tarbuttite matrix, Skorpion Zinc mine; field of view 1.6 cm. Bruce Cairncross specimen...the Skorpion mine 562 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 2. View of the mining operation at the Skorpion Zinc...Zinc mine ca. 2012. Joanna Wicht photo. Figure 3. Location of the Skorpion Zinc mine in southern Namibia;...cleavage. The mineral is named after the Skorpion Zinc mine where it was discovered, and that is the |  | | Book | | Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand...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 |  | Krause, Werner, Effenberger, Herta, Bernhardt, Heinz-Jürgen, Medenbach, Olaf (2008) Skorpionite, Ca3Zn2(PO4)2CO3(OH)2H2O, a new mineral from Namibia: description and crystal structure. European Journal of Mineralogy, 20 (2) 271-280 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2008/0020-1789 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ca3Zn2 (PO4 )2 CO3 (OH)2 ·H2 O, a new mineral from Namibia: description and crystal structure Werner KRAUSE1...secondary mineral from the Skorpion zinc deposit in south-western Namibia. Associated minerals are tarbuttite...bonds. Key-words: skorpionite, new mineral, Skorpion mine, Namibia, microprobe analysis, crystal structure...investigation of specimens from the Skorpion zinc mine in Namibia a few samples with colourless needle-like...catalogue number IMA 2005-010. Occurrence The Skorpion zinc mine (27◦ 49’ S, 16◦ 36’ E, elevation 660 m) is |  | | Catalog/List | | quite rich black pitch like mass in blue Chrysocolla Star Mine, L_u/lwmbashi South Katanga C;fi/40 small...tabular twinned crystal about 8 mm size ( Telino Mine, Linopolis, Minas Gerais Brazil) £40 Na Be PO4 11...( small hollow tubes or epimorphs) Toca da Onca Mine, Virgem da lapa, Minas Gerais Brazil £35 12. HOLMQUISTlTE...micro crystals on l xl .5 inch matrix Schoeller Mine Kladno. Czech Republic . a 15. KTENASITE blue...blue micros and coatings on l xl inch Glomrudkollen Mine, Modum Norway l xl £12 16. CORNETITE rich coverage |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralization in the Otavi Mountain Land, Northern Namibia—a review and regional interpretation A.F. Kamona...Günzel 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...Neoproterozoic Damara mobile belt in northern Namibia (Fig. 1). The northern part of the metallogenic...of the Tsumeb Subgroup is the same in northern Namibia (Table 1). However, the Mulden Group in the OML |  | | Journal (issue) | | prism. The border area between South Africa and Namibia had produced excellent, large, green fluorite crystals...Pella. Additional rutile from Khomas Hochland in Namibia was available at Mineralientage 2005 - these first...across.JurgenTron specimen. The Erongo Complex (Namibia) continues to produce excellent specimens. A rough...'skorpionite' from the new Skorpion Mine near Rosh Pinah in Southwest Namibia were offered at the show...smithsonite or tarbuttite. Skorpion Mine is expected to become the world's largest zinc mine, covering 15% of our |  | | 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 (issue) | | cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...minerals (e.g., chalcopyrite, azurite, malachite, chrysocolla, linarite, etc.). Consequently it was deemed...custom jewelry. Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn...photo. Wulfenite (hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected... Chalcedony on chrysocolla pseudomorph after azurite, 4 cm, from the Inspiration mine, Globe-Miami district |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | discovered in 1902, and the sulfides were mined until mine closure in 1994 (Kamona and Friedrich, 2007). During...its lifespan, Kabwe was the most significant Zn-Pb mine in Zambia, with production from the sulfide bodies...Regional geology S90 The rocks underlying the Kabwe region are dominated by Neoproterozoic metasediments which...and relative positions of orebodies on the 850 ft mine level (∼260 m depth from the surface), underlying...three main massive sulfide orebodies in the Kabwe region referred to as No. 1, No. 3/4 and No. 5/6, all |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Smithsonite slice and egg, 5.8 and 2.7 cm tall Masua Mine, Carbonia-lglesias, Sardinia, Italy Cal and Kerith...page Smithsonite, 9.2 cm wide 400 Foot Level, Kelly Mine, Magdalena District Socorro County, New Mexico Steve...Greece ion; Scovil photo ne xi repaired) umeb, Namibia ion; Fisher photo �exico; mithsoni Phila Bunks...1867. ·thsonian Smithsonite First Oxide Zone, Tsu Mine, Tsumeb, Nami 10cm tall Brent Lockhart coll Joe...of 10 centimeters! The crystal is from Tsumeb, Namibia, and is on display at the National Museum of Natural |  | Boni, M., Gilg, H. A., Aversa, G., Balassone, G. (2003) The "Calamine" of Southwest Sardinia: Geology, Mineralogy, and Stable Isotope Geochemistry of Supergene Zn Mineralization. Economic Geology, 98 (4) 731-748 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.98.4.731 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | regardless of crystal morphology, position, and mine location (avg. 27.4 ± 0.9‰). This homogeneity points...Shaimerden, Kazakhstan: Boland et al., 2003; Skorpion, Namibia: Borg et al., 2003). In the Iglesiente area...Their characteristics were described in several mine reports (e.g., Münch and Siebdrat, 1960) and their...erosion peneplane developed in the Iglesiente-Sulcis region at this time. This event was followed by deep karstification...rocks are fairly widespread throughout the whole region. Among the former are the marly calcareous sedimentary |  | | Journal (issue) | | Stibioclaudetite, AsSbO3, a new mineral from Tsumeb, Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...crystal cluster, 3 cm across, from the Machacamarca mine (Viboras Vein), near Colavi, Potosí Department,...good friend of mine, Jim Minette, worked as superintendent of a large open-pit borax mine that produced... Collection of W. E. Sheffield (fl. 1808) Chrysocolla Dalehead mine, Cumberland (Cumbria), England W. E. Sheffield...study and illustration. The Dalehead mine, source of this chrysocolla, is also known as one of the few British |  | | Book (edition) | | grey; 4 Internal Twinning Reflect. Coffinite Chrysocolla Muscovite isotropic, many scratches suggest... 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 |  | | Conference Proceedings (Volume) | | Cover photograph: View of the Aitik open pit copper mine in the very north of Sweden. Mining operations started...potential map of the Neoproterozoic Gariep Belt in Namibia .......................... 480 . . ...........pyritic Zn-Pb-Cu-(Au-Ag) sulphide deposit, Bergslagen region, south-central Sweden . . .......................Ahola Occurrence of gold (electrum) in the Lousal mine, Iberian pyrite belt, Portugal ..................Jingwen Mao & Bernd Lehmann The Omitiomire deposit, Namibia: late tectonic copper emplacement in a Neoproterozoic |  | | Book (edition) | | (yellowish white), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum...(greenish grey), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum...(bluish grey shades), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // 8 Gold A ...sample - photo A), dolomite (dark grey); Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden [j]; Nic...dolomite (milky internal reflections); Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden [j]; Nic |  | | Corporate Document | | PROJECT - EPL3195, NAMIBIA NI 43-101 REPORT PREPARED FOR WESTPORT RESOURCES NAMIBIA (PTY) LTD and GOLCONDA.................. 9 4.2 Property and Title in Namibia..................................................Ondundu Hyperspectral Data (Westport Resources Namibia) .......................................... 36...4-1: Coordinates of EPL 3195 (Westport Resources Namibia) ................................................Historic ‘resource’ comparison (Westport Resources Namibia) ...................... 20 Table 6-3: Gold Sizing |  | | Book | | Mansfeld (Germany), Bisbee (Arizona), Tsumeb (Namibia) and Surra Burra (Australia). C Cu Colour: light...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...(Arizona, USA), Chuquicamata (Chile), Tsumeb (Namibia), Peru and Russia. Colour: black or lead grey...crystals come from Cornwall (England), Tsumeb (Namibia) and Butte (Montana, USA). Large quantities are...Boliden (Sweden), Pribram (Czech Republic), Tsumeb (Namibia) and Butte (Montana, USA). Colour: steel grey | | | Book | | Mansfeld (Germany), Bisbee (Arizona), Tsumeb (Namibia) and Surra Burra (Australia). C Cu Colour: light...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...(Arizona, USA), Chuquicamata (Chile), Tsumeb (Namibia), Peru and Russia. Colour: black or lead grey...crystals come from Cornwall (England), Tsumeb (Namibia) and Butte (Montana, USA). Large quantities are...Boliden (Sweden), Pribram (Czech Republic), Tsumeb (Namibia) and Butte (Montana, USA). Colour: steel grey |  | | Book | | localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the...in Switzerland, it is only in the Maderanertal region of east-central Canton Uri that clefts bearing |  | | Book | | basic understanding of the geology of an area or region will never happen without initial observation of...Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Reunion (France) Rwanda São Thomé...Democratic Republic of Congo were also felt by Angola, Namibia, Rwanda, Uganda and Zimbabwe. The long-term implication...(1872) on East Africa, in which the Great Lakes region of central eastern Africa is very poorly figured...Group of Morocco and the Damar metasediments of Namibia). In some cases these rocks are at very low metamorphic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | These, and probably the deposits of the East Sayan region (e.g. Zun Holba, Sora, Aksug), are part of the...formed, potentially at a similar time, but this region is dominated by deformation and plutonism associated...km along the eastern Asian Pacific margin. This region of lithosphere loss has a remarkable association...formation. The Kupol epithermal gold deposit Chukotka Region, NE Russia H. C. Golden 11/13 Proletarskaya Street...(ELIP>6105 km2; TLIP52?56105 km2). In the Noril’sk region of the SLIP the basalts stand up as mesas above |
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Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia