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Bornite from
Gorob Mine, Walvis Bay Rural, Erongo Region, Namibia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Bornite
Formula:Cu5FeS4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bornite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gorob Mine, Walvis Bay Rural, Erongo Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:321639
Long-form Identifier:1:3:321639:2
GUID (UUID V4):6da53228-1474-4a19-bfa9-7c4751143467
Nearest other occurrences of Bornite
95.8km (59.5 miles) ⓘNatas Mine, Natas Farm 220, Gamsberg area, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
References
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AiAiba / farm Anibib 136 8 Grosse Spitzkoppe, Erongo 9 , .,/, loringa tree . Khomas Highland...station Garub near Aus Nature conservation, Erongo 16 Welwitschia, Goboboseb Mountains 17 ....Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand Escarpment The Spitzkoppen The Erongo Mountains...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
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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unpublished.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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deformation in the Matchless massive sulphide deposit, Namibia N.J. Cook!, R. Klemd-, and M. Okrusch' 1 2 Mineralogisches...are consistent with the tectonic history of the region . Investigations concerned with determining the...cupriferous pyrite deposit, 30 km southwest of Windhoek, Namibia, was mined for copper and pyrite from 1970 to 1984...pyrrhotite and sphalerite. Accessory marcasite, galena, bornite, cubanite and molybdenite have also been previously... belonging to the Darnara sequence in central Namibia. The amphibolite is interpreted as the sliced-offpart
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Central African Copperbelt, and the Damaran Belt in Namibia, which hosts a considerable number of base-metal...rocks making up the Damara Orogen cover most of Namibia and consist of coastal and northeast-trending branches...of the Katangan Supergroup, which dominate the region, comprise a lower sequence of subaerial and shallow-marine...considerable evidence for thrust tectonics in the region, the previously accepted stratigraphic correlations...Mozambique Belt in Kenya and further south. Here the region comprises a complex sequence of accreted juvenile
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Republic, 6 cm). Figure 1.2 Halite crystals (Namibia, 5.8 cm). 6 section devoted to the display of...(field of view 8 cm). Figure 1.3 An opencast iron ore mine (Postmasburg, South Africa). 7 microscopes, or...in groups 8–12, show marked deviation. In this region of the Periodic Table, electronegativity increases...bonded substances, the electrons are confined to the region between the nuclei of the bonded atoms and they...Fluorite showing stepped, cubic crystal faces (Erongo, Namibia, 5.8 cm). hence occurs less commonly. Figure
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papers and 19 geological maps in Western Australia, Namibia and Greenland. Throughout his career, which has...4.3.9 The Brandberg West Greisen Vein Systems, Namibia . . 4.3.10 The Kalguta Mo-W-Be-Bi Greisen System.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5.1 Navachab, Namibia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Cu Deposits of the Matchless Amphibolite Belt, Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7...Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag-V Deposits of the Otavi Mountain Land, Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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hanging wall. Zonation of metal elements in the Ashele mine is one of typical volcanic-related exhalative Cu-Zn...categories of minerals have been recognized in the Ashele mine, but only pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, tetrahedrite...and gold is expected in the vicinity of the Ashele mine and surrounding area. Since the discovery, the Ashele...(Chen W. A. et al., duced in the east of the Ashele mine, and a lot of gold 1989; Chen Y. Z.,1989; Chen Y...have been found along its contact zone. The Ashele mine is located at 48°15’16”N.Lat. and 86°18’ above features
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of the granite-gneissic Precambrian rocks of the region and of manganese mobilized by leaching of basalts...controlled by the structurally superimposed unwrapping region. This engendered the decisive conditions in the...granitized material itself. The wide country rock-region may in many cases be a significant contributor... Chalcopyrite, sphalerite, (interchangeable), bornite. 5. Tetrahedrite, galena, lead sulfosalts, silver...minerals in a series like pyrite-chalcopyrite-bornite-chalcocite and in the formation of complex sulfosalts
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they give rise to new sulphides (eg chalcosine, bornite and covellite). Products of chemical weathering...minerals of metallic lustre, such as chalcopyrite or bornite, as a result of oxidation of their surface. Asterism...deposits in Texas and Louisiana (USA), Tarnobrzeg region and Mach6w (Poland), Karakum Desert and Volgaland...(217), marcasite (437) • Occurrence: common; Clay region in Alabama (USA); Harz (GDR), FRG, Botogol deposit...Caucasus - crystals up to 1.5 cm (USSR), Getchell Mine - Nevada (USA) •Application: ore (extraction of
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‘Copper Belt’ in Zaire and Zambia; and in Bura-Bura Mine, Australia. Sedimentary copper is found in schists...also found there on 26 January 1905 in the Premier Mine. For several decades these South African diamond...is found in pegmatites (in California, USA, and Namibia), and in some volcanic rocks where it forms part...of the USA). In association with chalcopyrite, bornite, tetrahedrite, and enargite it usually occurs in...(Copperbelt Zone), Transvaal, and near Tsumeb, Namibia. Prospective ores may include mineralized sandstones
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(Aust.) Pty. Ltd., 19 a Boundary Street, Rushcutters Bay, N.S.W. 2011, Australia Pergamon Press S.A.R.L.,...places of extreme differentiation (e.g., at the Frood Mine and at Insizwa) bismuth and tellurium minerals are...proves the nature of the process. The peculiar bornite occurrences in the Ookiep area, Cape Province,...(1940). 12 T H E ORE MINERALS FIG. 4 80 X Mouat Mine, Stillwater Valley, Montana RAMDOHR From a border...("solutions", "melts", and " v a p o r s ' " in this region are not sharply distinguishable). However, this
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illustrated Encyclopedi of the World’s Rocks and Mine re L A R E N MI OF THE WORLD Rudolf Duda and...they give rise to new sulphides (eg chalcosine, bornite and covellite). Products of chemical weathering...minerals of metallic lustre, such as chalcopyrite or bornite, as a result of oxidation of their surface. Asterism...deposits in Texas and Louisiana (USA), Tarnobrzeg region and Machow (Poland), Karakum Desert and Volgaland...(217), marcasite (437) e Occurrence: common; Clay region in Alabama (USA); Harz (GDR), FRG, Botogol deposit
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'Copper Belt' in Zaire and Zambia; and in Bura-Bura Mine, Australia. Sedimentary copper is found in schists...also found there on 26 January 1905 in the Premier Mine. For several decades these South African diamond...is found in pegmatites (in California, US~ and Namibia), and in some volcanic rocks where it forms part...of the USA). In association with chalcopyrite, bornite, tetrahedrite, and enargite it usually occurs in...(Copperbelt Zone), Transvaal, and near Tsumeb, Namibia. Prospective ores may include mineralized sandstones
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Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...abbreviated, e.g. canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and oblast (Russia). The country...by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided...United States or of the Upper Silesian historical region in Poland, where the importance of ore-bearing...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO
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museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...over its beer: to go underground in a non-working mine is sheer folly unless you are accompanied by someone...(preferably several people) who really knows the mine. Before venturing into the field serious collectors...really is a matter of life or death when you are in a mine - only a plan will show where water on the floor...even on you. If you are recovering specimens from a mine (few collectors can or should do this) watch the
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systematically present the geology of each country, region and continent on Earth. Each book aims to provide...(Gariep Belt) cropping out in the western borders of Namibia and South Africa. They were split up in the Mesozoic...concerning the tectonic and geodynamic evolution of this region during the Precambrian. Major tectonometamorphic...tectonostratigraphic domains and structures of the region are presented, together with implications for the... They emphasize the enormous potential of this region in terms of base (Cu, Pb, Zn, Co, Ni), precious
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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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Table 1). Five molybdenite samples from the Fujiawu mine give a range of Re–Os model ages that vary from...170±2 Ma for the Tongchang mine, close to that of 173± 3 Ma for the Zhushahong mine (Zhou, unpublished data)...et al. 1984, 2005). a Zhushahong mine. b Tongchang mine. c Fujiawu mine Miner Deposita Fig. 5 Photographs...Diabase dikes in granodiorite porphyries at Tongchang mine. b MME surrounded by a 2- to 4-mm-wide felsic halo...dominated by pyrite and chalcopyrite and minor bornite (Fig. 6). Due to hydrothermal alteration, clinopyroxene
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silic:ue Ar120na Pima County. Ajo. l\ew Cornelia mine Skyblue mkro crysuls and coatings on gray monzonile...CLEAV[ LA!·nrrE Colorado Gunnis >n Cl1., Brown Derby mine • lamcllar mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Lead tellurlde New Mexico Oona Ana County, Hilltop mine Rlch øllvery cleu•ages and \'eins in matrix. . ...• • SouthDaJrotaCuster Co. , Custer, Bul! Moosc mine Pure, luat.rous white cleavable masses . . . • •...aluminum silicate ~ al South A!rica Tranø,•aal, Penge mine ma.88; considered a variety ol antbophy llJ1e aøbe
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pyrrhotite RI together with minor b ismuthinite, bornite, tetrahedrite, sphalerite, molybdenite and arsenopyrite...t(Ma) diagram (Fig. 11a), they all fall into the region restricted by the Shuangqiaoshan Group and Proterozoic...comparison to Mactung based on March 19 –22, 1984 mine visit. Amax Northwest Mining Company Ltd., Inter-office...rocks associated with the Gorob massive sulfide prospect Damara Oregen, Namibia. Economic Geology He, X...of Piaotang granitoids in the tungsten deposit region of South China. Geochemical Journal, 2010, 44(4):
Conference Proceedings (Volume)
Cover photograph: View of the Aitik open pit copper mine in the very north of Sweden. Mining operations started...ore body structural complexities: KDC East Gold Mine, South Africa . . ...............................exploration for VMS deposits, Matchless Belt, Namibia . . .................. 142 Fred Kamona & Moses...PĂĽlsson Tracking ore mineral characteristics from mine to concentrate: the fate of electrum at the Cavanacaw...distribution in sulphides of the epithermal Co-O mine, Mindanao, Philippines .......................
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(mantovani@usp.br) R.McG. Miller PO Box 11222, Windhoek, Namibia (rmmiller@mweb.com.na) A. Misi Centro de Pesquisa...2004 in São Paulo (Brazil), 2005 in Windhoek (Namibia), 2006 in Punta del Este (Uruguay), 2007 in Stellenbosch...and Numees (Frimmel et al., 2002) formations of Namibia and the Jacadigo Group and Puga Formation of the...thermally subsiding basins, such as in northern Namibia, South Australia and northwestern Canada. The so-called...problematic fossil Otavia in middle Cryogenian rocks in Namibia as a sponge (Brain et al., 2001, 2003, 2008) and
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dispersion mechanisms that have operated in each region and environment and indicate suitable exploration...transition Mean annual rainfall (mm) Climatic region TABLE 1.1-2 Climatic regions of pedogenetic significance...1989b), with some of the iron ores of the Hamersley region being products of deep supergene weathering about...dispersion models being developed in each climatic region. The differences between equivalent models are...approach would have particular value in a restricted region, for which landforms or facets are well defined
Report (volume)
pentaborate sheet structure from the Tuzla salt mine, Bosnia and Hercegovina. Am Mineral 79:562-569 Beukes...new hydrous calcium borate, from the Death Valley region, California. Am Mineral 44:911-919 Erd RC, McAllister...new hydrous calcium borate from the Death Valley region, California. Am Mineral 46:560-571 Erd RC, Morgan...(1989) Mineralogy and paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona District, San Diego County, California...member of the mica group, from the Little Three mine pegmatite, Ramona District, San Diego County, California
Report (volume)
pentaborate sheet structure from the Tuzla salt mine, Bosnia and Hercegovina. Am Mineral 79:562-569 Beukes...hydrous calcium borate, from the Death Valley —~ region, California. Am Mineral 44:911-919 Erd RC, McAllister...new hydrous calcium borate from the Death Valley region, California. Am Mineral 46:560-571 Erd RC, Morgan...Mineralogy and paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona District, San Diego County, California...member of the mica group, from the Little Three mine pegmatite, Ramona District, San Diego County, California
 
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