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Covellite from
Tweedam Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Covellite
Formula:CuS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Covellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tweedam Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:619641
Long-form Identifier:1:3:619641:7
GUID (UUID V4):d91a488a-d664-4197-b25b-a71d766544aa
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite
9.9km (6.1 miles) Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
12.5km (7.8 miles) Nababeep West Mine (Nababeep Near West mine), Nababeep tungsten mines, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
13.4km (8.3 miles) Kliphoog Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from tungsten deposits in western Namaqualand, South Africa: implications for ore genesis and the timing...W(Mo) deposits in the Okiep copper district in western Namaqualand, South Africa. Apparently, stratabound...(Nababeep Tungsten Far West, Kliphoog, Narrap, Tweedam) range between 1000 ‹ 4 and 1026 ‹ 5 Ma. These...granulite facies terrane in western Namaqualand, South Africa. Both epigenetic and syngenetic models have...located in the Okiep copper district of western Namaqualand, North Cape Province, South Africa, which is part
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
WOawas produced, occur in theOkiepcopper district, South Africa, whichispartofa high-temperature, low-pressure...qualand Metamorphic Complex, NorthCapeprovince, South 0361-0128/95/1764/1934-21 $4.00 1934 TUNGSTEN...Lombaard et al.,1986)andlocation oftheOkiepcopper district, NorthCapeprovince, SouthAfrica.Onlymajorsupracrustal...boreholes(FMS,Flat MineSouth;WHS,WhealHeathSouth)areshown. Africa,thatformspartof theextensive Namaqua-Natal oro-...postorogenie intrusive rocksof isknownastheOkiepcopper district (Fig.1). different ageandcomposition (Fig.2).Thethreeoldersuites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
- M o mineralization in western Namaqualand, South Africa J.G. R a i t h Institut fiir Geowissenschaften...the western Namaqualand Metamorphic Complex, South Africa. It intruded synkinematically, with respect...Cu-bearing mafic intrusives in the west (Okiep C o p p e r District; L o m b a a r d et al., 1986 ). Tungsten...following paper, are also present in the Okiep C o p p e r District. Earlier studies concluded that these...tungsten deposits and their host rocks in the Okiep Copper District have been critically reinvestigated. The
Book (edition)
OF OF SOUTH AFRICA MINES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF REPUBLIC OF THE SOUTH AFRICA...Second World War, and partly as a result of it, South Africa experienced vast industrial expansion. This...official ‘handbook on the mineral resources of South Africa, it has become necessary to revise, or rather...reason of the great diversity and magnitude of South African mineral deposits and local mining operations...Chamber of Mines of South Africa with Mr G. H. Grange as co-ordinator, and the South, African mining industry;
 
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