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Silver from
Kombat Mine, Kombat, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Silver
Formula:Ag
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Silver data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kombat Mine, Kombat, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:22806
Long-form Identifier:1:3:22806:8
GUID (UUID V4):af7c2559-4bfc-4cfd-bbe4-1695f0b2f57b
Nearest other occurrences of Silver
46.1km (28.7 miles) Khusib Springs Mine (Khuiseb Springs Mine), Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
53.6km (33.3 miles) Tsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
base metal mineralization in the Otavi Mountain Land, Northern Namibia—a review and regional interpretation...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...Sediment-hosted base metal sulfide deposits in the Otavi Mountain Land occur in most stratigraphic units...middle Otavi Group and the uppermost Mulden Group. Deposits like Tsumeb (Pb–Cu–Zn–Ge), Kombat (Cu–Pb–Zn)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MITT.ÖSTERR.MINER.GES. 148 (2003) THE OTAVI MOUNTAIN LAND IN NAMIBIA: TSUMEB, GERMANIUM AND SNOWBALL EARTH...Neoproterozoic carbonate successions in the Otavi Mountain Land, Namibia, host a large number of polymetallic...Springs deposits, and are compared to the ores of Kombat and Berg Aukas. At Tsumeb, local pockets of germanite...structure. Massive Cu ore at the Khusib Springs mine is composed of tennantite, enargite, galena and...As, Sb, Ag, Ga, Mo, Sn, W and Re. Cu-Pb ores at Kombat and Zn-Pb ore at Berg Aukas generally carry lower
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Northern Platform of the Pan-African Damara Belt, Namibia: geochemical and ¯uid inclusion evidence from carbonate...Abstract The Otavi Mountain Land is a base metal sulphide ore province in northern Namibia where deposits...deposits are hosted by platform carbonates of the Otavi Group in a foreland fold-and-thrust belt on the northern...constituting wall rock alteration around the Tsumeb and Kombat (Tsumeb-type) and Berg Aukas (Berg Aukas-type)...Introduction The base metal ore province of the Otavi Mountain Land (OML) straddles the northern edge
Report (issue)
Wet Shaft, Tsumeb mine (photograph by Dr Gabi Schneider, Geological Survey of Namibia) MINISTRY OF MINES...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA Director: B.G. Ho al BULLETIN 1 Type mineralogy of Namibia by Vaughan C. Daltry...the Geological Survey P.O. Box 2168, Windhoek, Namibia Price Local (+GST) Abroad (Post Free) R20.00 R25... ______ ........ Abstract The type mineralogy of Namibia is reviewed. One hundred and thirty-nine (139)...Twenty-three (23) unnamed phases are also listed. Namibia ranks second to Zaire as the most productive African
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a new lead oxychloride mineral from the Kombat mine, Namibia (South West Africa) A. J. CRIDDLE, 1 P....specimens from the Asis West section of the Kombat mine, Namibia (South West Africa). Damaraite is colourless...hosts the Kombat deposit. KEYWO RDS: damaraite, new mineral, lead oxychloride, Kombat mine, Namibia. Introduction...the Kombat Mine. The mine is sited on the northern flank of the Otavi Valley, 37 km east of Otavi and...south of Tsumeb, in northern South West Africa/Namibia (lat. 19~ long. 17~ and is a medium-rank producer
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
double wollastonite silicate chains, from the Kombat mine, Namibia Robert T. Downs1, William W. Pinch2, Richard...been found on a specimen from the Kombat mine, Otavi Valley, Namibia. Associated minerals are melanotekite...been found on a specimen from the Kombat mine, Otavi Valley, Namibia. It is named yangite to honor the...was found on a single specimen from the Kombat mine, Namibia, in the collection of the late John Innes...of the geology and mineralogy of the Tsumeb and Kombat mines with a mineral name, johninnesite (cf. Innes
Book
North TsumebSpecial The Otavi Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lead-rich assemblage of minerals from the Kombat mine in Namibia (Chukanov et al. 2017). Roymillerite is...relationship contrasts with two other associated Kombat mine type-species: grootfonteinite, which occurs mainly...which occurs in separate bands. The Kombat mine is located in the Otavi Mountainland and has to-date yielded...distinct styles of mineralization: a copper-lead-silver sulfide orebody and a second manganese silicate-carbonate-oxide...Apart from a diverse suite of rare minerals, the Kombat mine is famous for producing some of the finest known
Report (issue)
MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NAMIBIA 1991 Open File Report l\ffi.S 31 2 Abstract Germanium...epigenetic ore bodies of Tsumeb, Kombat and Abenab. The Tsumeb Mine produced germanium in 1922 and from...2. Occurrences 2.1. Germanium 2.1.1. The Tsumeb Mine 2.1.2. Other occurrences 2.2. Gallium 3. References...germanium and gallium, occur in Namibia. These are known as the Tsumeb, Kombat and Abenab Mines (Fig. 1)....The Tsumeb Mine The only mine in Namibia that has ever produced germanium is the Tsumeb Mine. A comprehensive
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...similar to those found in the wider region of southern Africa (Otavi Mountain Land) and eastern Brazil...provinces in the Otavi Moutain Land in the north and around Rosh Pinah in the south of Namibia being the principal...areas of current mining activities (Fig. 1). In the Otavi Mountain Land, two deposit types have been distinguished
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...context, Namibia is a major producer of copper, lead, zinc, cadmium, arsenic, antimony, lithium, silver, fluorspar...unpublished. It is evident that mineral exploration in Namibia, as elsewhere. has changed from serendipitous discoveries
Report (issue)
from huge salt mines in Lower Silesia, Poland—a region which now has come up with two new occurrences...in 2016 in a disused tunnel of the Sieroszowice mine, and the Spirifer website, with typical conscientiousness...Kupferschiefer copper shales…Formation of the copper, silver and halite deposits…is connected with deposition... Ag, and Pt-group elements. In the Sieroszowice mine, which exploits both halite and Kupferschiefer,...crystals. Halite, 3.5 cm, from the Sieroszowice mine, Lubin district, Lower Silesia, Poland. Spirifer
Journal (issue)
Newsletter $6.00 Fibrous Malachite from the Mindingi Mine Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo Tony Nikischer...Specimens of fibrous malachite from the Mindingi Mine in the Kambove District of Katanga began to appear...ten {I 0) years ago (see figure J ). Although the mine was first worked superficially in the 1930s for...DRC as well (see figure 2). Today, the Mindingi Mine continues to produce wonderful malachite specimens...common forms seen from most nearby localities in the region. Solid, botryoidal malachite samples are currently
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 05:27 17 August 2017 Tsumeb Mine Namibia BRUCE CAIRNCROSS Department of Geology University...Figure 1 (above). Locality map showing Tsumeb in Namibia; prepared by William Besse. Figure 2 (left).Tsumebite...drusy smithsonite and azurite, 5.5 cm, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. This specimen has been quantitatively verified...found in the first oxidation zone at the Tsumeb mine. The typespecimens were associated with azurite...Location and History Tsumeb mine is located in the Oshikoto region of northern Namibia, 363 kilometers north
Journal (issue)
by R. Z. Kothavala Rare minerals of the Kombat mine, Namibia ................................ 421 by....439 by S. Petrussenko Minerals of the Beltana mine, Puttapa, South A ustralia 449 by P. Elliot Columns...ichigan 49930 (906) 482-9560 Michigan native copper; mine owner; wholesale, retail 411 Museum o f Geological...stilbite on the specimens were typical of that region. Bill Birch (1977) similarly encountered cavansite...striking a deal with the quarry owner for the rights to mine specimens. Sparse sprays of cavansite encountered
Journal (issue)
von Predazzo in Italien • Tsumebit von Gross Otavi, Namibia • Neufunde Axinit und Epidot in Peru • USA-Museen:...bei Halle a.d. Saale 118 Tsumebit von Gross Otavi, Namibia 130 Neue Mineralien 134 Neue Funde von...Stufe mit gediegenem Lockensilber von der Bulldog Mine, Creed Mineral County, Colorado. Breite 6,2 cm ...schon von vielen sehnsüchtig erwartete neue Buch NAMIBIA n -total überarbeitet op aktuell mit allen neuen...zahlreiche ungewöhnliche Bergkristalle aus der Region Damara in Namibia.Mehrfach schon reiste Stefan
Journal (issue)
Boracite, 2.9 cm, from Lüneburg, Germany. (4) Native silver, 3.5 cm, from Potosí, Bolivia. (5) Chrysoberyl...the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Top right: Benitoite, 2 cm, from the Benitoite Gem mine, California...N‘Chwaning I mine, Kuruman, South Africa. Bottom right: Mimetite, 2.7 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia. Back...Record: (1) Stephanite, Husky mine, Canada. (2) Wulfenite, Rowley mine, Arizona. (3) Diaspore twin, Pinarcik...Adelaide mine, Tasmania. (5) Andradite, Antetezambato, Madagascar. (6) Calcite, Mashamba West mine, Congo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pinch and his collection. The cover photo is a silver, 7.6 cm high, from Kongsberg, Norway. Bill Pinch...Bill Pinch specimen), 4.9 cm high, Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia; Jeff Scovil photo. cord sum for a mineral...emphasis on suites of English classics, sulfides, silver-bearing species, Tsumeb and Kalahari minerals,...andyrobertsite known), 1.5 cm high, Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia; Bill Pinch collection, Jeff Scovil photo...Cu5-x(Cu,Ag)3+xTe10 (x = 0.43), from the Good Hope mine, Vulcan, Colorado: Crystal structure and revision
Book (volume)
collectors’ eye; a superb German Pyrargyrite, or Michigan Silver. The first group everyone can appreciate. The latter...Acanthite San Juan de Reyes Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 52 Adamite Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico,...(Cuproadamite with Ferrolotharmeyerite) Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 22 Apophyllite (on Stilbite) Jalgaon, Maharastra...Malachite) Liu Feng Shan Mine, Anhui Prov., China, 18 (& Malachite) Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico, 32, 38-39...Quartz) Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China, 56 Calcite (on Fluorite) Elmwood Mine, Elmwood, Tennessee
Book
WINDHOEK ----------- MP mineral perspectives NAMIBIA This current report has been prepared by the Bureau...provide the latest available data and information on Namibia. Comments, revisions, and additional information... Thispublication hasbeencataloged asfollows: Namibia (Mineral pcrspecri vcs) Bibliography: p. 47-55...of Docs. no.: I 28.37/2: 1. Mineral indusrrics-Namibia. I. Coakley, George J. iI ! I l I I TN19...••••..••••••.•.••••.••• Rights of landowners and mine owners•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Special
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
441–469 Genesis of Vanadium Ores in the Otavi Mountainland, Namibia MARIA BONI,† Dipartimento di Scienze... mottramite, and vanadinite) in the Otavi Mountainland, Namibia, once were considered the greatest vanadium...surfaces in carbonate rocks of the Neoproterozoic Otavi Group, which already contained primary sulfide orebodies...orebodies (Berg Aukas type). The V deposits the Otavi Mountainland represent a special low-temperature...been known to exist in the northern areas of the Otavi † Corresponding author: e-mail, boni@unina.it *Present
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
44118 janet_clifford@att.net Leadhillite Tsumeb, Namibia O xide-zone minerals present the collector with...size, such as those found uniquely at Tsumeb, Namibia. The leadhillite discovery at Tsumeb was world...other exotic oxidized zone in an as-yet-undeveloped mine. For now, however, Tsumeb holds top honors for the...name leadhillite in 1832, establishing the Susanna mine, Leadhills, as the type locality (Dana 1896). There...being an active commercial miner for minerals in Namibia. He works globally in the mining industry and is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
organic carbon from upper Proterozoic successions in Namibia: stratigraphic variation and the effects of diagenesis...organic carbon from upper Proterozoic successions in Namibia: stratigraphic variation and the effects of diagenesis...carbon in the late Proterozoic Damara Supergroup of Namibia, including the Nama, Witvlei, and Gariep groups...groups on the Kalahari Craton and the Mulden and Otavi groups on the Congo Craton, has been investigated as...carbon-isotopic compositions of carbonates from the Nama and Otavi groups. For example, in Nama Group carbonates ~
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kabwe (PbZn) and Tsumeb (Pb-Zn-Cu) in Zambia and Namibia, respectively, have been measured and found to...Kamona (&) University of Namibia, Science Faculty, Private Bag l3301, Windhoek, Namibia J. LeÂveÃque Centre...mean l-value of 10.25 ‹ 0.12 in the Copperbelt region of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo...deposit in Namibia which are shown to be related to upper crustal source rocks in the region. The isotopic...by-products of Ag, Cd, and V have been produced from the mine. At least 1.8 Mt (million tonnes) Zn and 0.8 Mt
 
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