 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 20013 pohwatp@si.edu WILLEMITE Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto, Namibia M ineral nomenclature is usually...Figure 1. Willemite from the Tsumeb mine, Otijikoto region, Namibia. The specimen displays the typical...Black willemite is common from the Sterling Hill mine, with the color due to inclusions of franklinite...specimen producer is the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto region, Namibia. Willemite specimens were relatively... Other associated minerals include plancheite, quartz, malachite, calcite, and mimetite. Pseudomorphs |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Northern Platform of the Pan-African Damara Belt, Namibia: geochemical and ¯uid inclusion evidence from carbonate...a base metal sulphide ore province in northern Namibia where deposits are hosted by platform carbonates...Damara Belt. Deposits have been classi®ed as the Berg Aukas- or Tsumeb-types, based on dierences in ore...the Tsumeb and Kombat (Tsumeb-type) and Berg Aukas (Berg Aukas-type) deposits, was established. Similar... Tsumeb-type deposits are distinguished from Berg Aukas-type deposits by having trace element and REE |  | | Journal (issue) | | Actinolite from Namibia by Justin Zzyzx ............................................pg. 15 Abenab Mine by Ernst...........................................pg. 23 Quartz Replacing Fluorite by Justin Zzyzx ..............Three Aloes Mine by Ernst Schnaitmann ........................................pg. 37 Berg Aukas by Ernst..................................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 |  | Boni, M., Terracciano, R., Evans, N. J., Laukamp, C., Schneider, J., Bechstadt, T. (2007) Genesis of Vanadium Ores in the Otavi Mountainland, Namibia. Economic Geology, 102 (3) 441-469 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.102.3.441 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Genesis of Vanadium Ores in the Otavi Mountainland, Namibia MARIA BONI,† Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra...mottramite, and vanadinite) in the Otavi Mountainland, Namibia, once were considered the greatest vanadium deposits...surrounding primary sphalerite-willemite orebodies (Berg Aukas type). The V deposits the Otavi Mountainland...Belgium. 0361-0128/07/3663/441-29 Mountainland, Namibia. Mining for vanadium, following the exploitation...Okorundu pipe Abenab West Harasib 3 Wolkenhauben Berg Aukas Zn mottramite Mottramite Cu descloizite Cu descloizite |  | | 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...like Tsumeb (Pb–Cu–Zn–Ge), Kombat (Cu–Pb–Zn), Berg Aukas (Zn–Pb–V), Abenab West (Pb–Zn–V) all occur in...carbonate-hosted Pb–Zn deposits in the Abenab Subgroup at Berg Aukas and Abenab is not well constrained, but the stable |  | | 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...completing this particular list. As opposed to quartz, smithsonite does not have a voluminous synonymy |  | | Journal (issue) | | precious stone. Opalbanya is the name of the original mine location. Possibly Magyar, ancient Hungarian. These...are fine Some aren't unpacked yet -a few are now mine! But rocks in the garage and more in the shed, Were...for Vitec, our contact for our visit to the Tsumeb Mine. It has to be said that some of that time was spent...Figure 1 Headframe of the De Wet Shaft, Tsumeb 1 Namibia Handbook (Footprint) p324 -7- SMLS Journal 176...and diversity of mineral resources throughout Namibia. Although widely ranging and distributed, a large |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINER.GES. 148 (2003) THE OTAVI MOUNTAIN LAND IN NAMIBIA: TSUMEB, GERMANIUM AND SNOWBALL EARTH by Frank...carbonate successions in the Otavi Mountain Land, Namibia, host a large number of polymetallic (Cu-Pb-Zn)...deposits, and are compared to the ores of Kombat and Berg Aukas. At Tsumeb, local pockets of germanite and reniérite-rich...structure. Massive Cu ore at the Khusib Springs mine is composed of tennantite, enargite, galena and...and Re. Cu-Pb ores at Kombat and Zn-Pb ore at Berg Aukas generally carry lower concentrations of Ge, As |  | | Report (chapter) | | southern margin of the Congo Craton, northern Namibia: facies, palaeogeography and hydrocarbon perspective...Ghaub Formation diamictite interval in northern Namibia and the major environmental change in the aftermath...peri-Gondwanan areas apart from the formerly glaciated region of northern Africa. In the Palaeozoic post-glacial...the late Cryogenian Ghaub glaciation of northern Namibia, a classical field location for research on this...Kennedy (2007). Geological overview In northern Namibia continental rifting occurred in the Late Neoproterozoic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | zinc-lead deposits in Neoproterozoic units of Namibia: Lead isotopic and geochemical evidence Received:...Skorpion in the Pan-African Gariep Belt, southwestern Namibia, as well as that of galena from minor occurrences...models and are similar to those found in the wider region of southern Africa (Otavi Mountain Land) and eastern...the north and around Rosh Pinah in the south of Namibia being the principal areas of current mining activities...have been distinguished, the Zn-Pb dominated Berg Aukas-type and the more cupriferous Tsumeb-type (Pirajno |  | Nascimento, D.B., Ribeiro, A., Trouw, R.A.J., Schmitt, R.S., Passchier, C.W. (2016) Stratigraphy of the Neoproterozoic Damara Sequence in northwest Namibia: Slope to basin sub-marine mass-transport deposits and olistolith fields. Precambrian Research, 278. 108-125 doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2016.03.005 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Neoproterozoic Damara Sequence in northwest Namibia: Slope to basin sub-marine mass-transport deposits...Tectono-sequence Neoproterozoic Damara Sequence Namibia a b s t r a c t The Neoproterozoic Damara Sequence...carbonate rocks that crop out in the Damara Belt, Namibia. In Damaraland (including the Vrede, Bethanis,...to those of the Ghaub Formation occur in the Berg Aukas and Karibib formations and reinforce this interpretation...1A and 1B) that constitute the Damara Orogen in Namibia (e.g., Coward, 1981, 1983; Miller, 1983; Hartmann |  | | Journal (issue) | | Calcite-Kevin & Mark Brown collection, page 52; Smoky quartz gwindel-Brent Lockhart collection, page 175; Aquamarine-Wally...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the...unearthing many fine specimens of gadolinite, smoky quartz, fluorite, feldspar in crystals to five feet across...dozen mines were opened, one of which (the Mariposa mine) produced a wider variety of mercury minerals than |  | Hitzman, M. W., Reynolds, N. A., Sangster, D. F., Allen, C. R., Carman, C. E. (2003) Classification, Genesis, and Exploration Guides for Nonsulfide Zinc Deposits. Economic Geology, 98 (4) 685-714 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.98.4.685 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Zn, Zambia; 28 = Skorpion, Namibia; 29 = Berg Aukas and Abendab, Namibia; 30 = Padaeng (Mae Sot), Thailand;... In extremely arid climates, such as those in Namibia (Tsumeb deposit: Lombaard et al., 1986; Hughes...exist of tonnages and grades that can be cited Namibia Poland Silesian Crakow district Skorpion Spain...dolostone by smithsonite with minor hematite. Tucson mine, Leadville district, Colorado, United States. b...Massive smithsonite replacing limestone. Wolftone mine, Colorado, United States. c. Coarsely crystalline |  | | 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 |  | Silin, Ivan, Hahn, Klaus, Gürsel, Devrim, Kremer, Dario, Gronen, Lars, Stopić, Srećko, Friedrich, Bernd, Wotruba, Hermann (2020) Mineral Processing and Metallurgical Treatment of Lead Vanadate Ores. Minerals, 10 (2) 197 doi:10.3390/min10020197 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 0.084 13.6 13.60 South Africa Mapochs Mine Rhovan Mine 1.5 0.52 1.5 1.06 1.60 Generally, VTM...Russia and the Chinese deposit in the Panzhihua region contain resources of 13.6 and 10.4 million metric...dolomite rocks. Aragonite, various clay minerals and quartz, barite, rarely fluorite, feldspars, and gypsum...vanadate ore from Abenab West Mine, Namibia. After the closure of the Berg Aukas Mine and stoppage of the flotation...been mined in commercial quantities in Spain, Namibia, Zambia, USA, Mexico, and Argentina [59,60]. The |  | Nascimento, Débora B., Schmitt, Renata S., Ribeiro, André, Trouw, Rudolph A.J., Passchier, Cees W., Basei, Miguel A.S. (2017) Depositional ages and provenance of the Neoproterozoic Damara Supergroup (northwest Namibia): Implications for the Angola-Congo and Kalahari cratons connection. Gondwana Research, 52. 153-171 doi:10.1016/j.gr.2017.09.006 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Neoproterozoic Damara Supergroup (northwest Namibia): Implications for the AngolaCongo and Kalahari...the Neoproterozoic Damara Supergroup (northwest Namibia): Implications for the Angola-Congo and Kalahari...Neoproterozoic Damara Supergroup (northwest Namibia): implications for the Angola-Congo and Kalahari...between ca. 870 Ma and 760 Ma. The upper Chuos, Berg Aukas, Gauss, Auros and lower Brak M River formations...e.g., Hanson, 2003). In Damaraland, northwest Namibia, M the Damara succession encompasses deposits |  | Mondillo, Nicola, Boni, Maria, Balassone, Giuseppina, Forrester, Nigel, Putzolu, Francesco, Santoro, Licia (2020) Mineralogy and Genesis of the Kihabe Zn-Pb-V Prospect, Aha Hills, Northwest Botswana. Minerals, 10 (8) 685 doi:10.3390/min10080685 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (Cu-Ag-Ge) prospect is located at the boundary between Namibia and Botswana (Aha Hills, Ngamiland District) in...2020, 10, 685 2 of 26 Mountainland (OML) in Namibia is host to several base metal ore deposits [2]...be grouped into at least four ore types: (1) Berg Aukas-type Zn-Pb deposits in carbonates; (2) Tsumeb-type...the basal Mulden Group [3]. Among these, the Berg Aukas- and Tsumeb-types, both hosted by carbonate rocks...economically most important mineral deposits. Berg Aukas-type deposits are considered to have formed either |  | | Catalog/List | | it collected when the Tsumeb Mine (as well as other mines of the region) were still in production in...climbing soon brought him into contact with the quartz crystals that were found on the mountain slopes...engineering work took him to the Tsumeb Mine in Namibia. This mine is renowned for producing what are arguably...desert-like "Sperrgebiet" area of the southern coast of Namibia, with its fabulous wealth of gem diamonds. One...Ian’s interest stems from the family trips to Namibia, including the mines of Tsumeb. He worked with |  | | Book | | GerhardNiedermayr& Gabi Schneider bode ,rand berg Organ Pipes / Twyfelfontein 7 AiAiba / farm...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | field divide, so we started out, encouraged by quartz in flints which were sparkling in the sun, including...Westcott copper mine, comprised three separate collecting sites in two short adits and the mine dump. Nearby...Nearby was the Badger Level section of the Huglith mine complex, which was our other location. We were too...a layby in the forestry surrounding the Huglith mine. When we did so later in the day there were some...more interesting of the. sites at the •Westcott mine, though a few good finds were made in the two ad |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 15 cm; D50729), Los Lamentos, Mexico. Figure 4. Quartz, var. amethyst (15 × 13 cm; D50726), Amatitlan...specimens in his collection (a specimen of vein gold in quartz from Bendigo, Victoria) was given to him by his...Smithsonite. (7 × 4 cm; D49972), Broken Hill Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales. Prospect dolerite...Figure 6. Anglesite (5 × 3 cm; D49920), Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales. Figure 7. Pyromorphite...(4.7 × 3 cm; D49966), 17 Level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales. specimens from these |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Although the collection focuses primarily on the Tsumeb mine and the Kalahari manganese field, other “classic”...Spitzkoppe, Kombat, Tschudi, Erongo, Onganja, Berg Aukas, Rosh Pinah, the Alto Ligonha district of Mozambique...wolframite specimens from the Krantzberg mine close to Omaruru in Namibia—that caught his son’s fancy. During...Beeshoek mine close to Postmasburg in the Northern Cape Province. He also visited Black Rock mine, located...on schorl, 2.9 cm, from the Erongo Mountains, Namibia. Figure 3. There are three exceptional Tsumeb |  | Mondillo, Nicola, Wilkinson, Jamie J., Boni, Maria, Weiss, Dominik J., Mathur, Ryan (2018) A global assessment of Zn isotope fractionation in secondary Zn minerals from sulfide and non-sulfide ore deposits and model for fractionation control. Chemical Geology, 500. 182-193 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.09.033 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | several Zn deposits in Ireland, Belgium, Poland, Namibia, Peru, Yemen and Zambia. The data are compared...several localities in Ireland, Belgium, Poland, Namibia, Peru, Yemen and Zambia (Fig. 1), and compared...is observed in some of the deposits (Belgium, Namibia, Zambia) that may have either a supergene or hypogene... ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 2.4. Namibia The Otavi Mountain Land (OML) in Namibia broadly coincides with the...primary sulfide ores have been subdivided into the ‘Berg Au as-type’ (Zn-Pb MVT) and IP ‘Tsumeb-type’ (Pb-Cu-Zn |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 TSUMEB, NAMIBIA D istinctive colors are characteristic of certain...anglesite, galena, and sphalerite have been reported. Quartz,goethite, pyrolusite, and tarbuttite pseudomorphs...mines, Phoenixville, Chester County, the Ueberroth mine near Bethlehem, and the zinc mines at Friedensville...County, Arkansas (Richards 1993). and the Hill lead mine, Hardin County, Illinois, are noted for such specimens...modest-quality specimens from the Sherman tunnel mine in the Leadville district. It is reported in beautiful |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pinah Formation in the Gariep Belt in southwestern Namibia, a post-glacial carbonate that hosts syn-sedimentary...carbonates from the Otavi platform in northern Namibia, which include both an older post-glacial carbonate...Gariep Belt, the Port Nolloth Zone, in southwestern Namibia and western South Africa (Fig. 3). This part of...that indicate deposition in a seismically active region, probably the principal growth fault along the...Northern Foreland of the Damara Orogen in northern Namibia formed along the southern fringe of the Congo Craton |
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