 | | Journal (issue) | | Actinolite from Namibia by Justin Zzyzx ............................................pg. 15 Abenab Mine by Ernst................................pg. 31 Three Aloes Mine by Ernst Schnaitmann ............................................................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...deposits such as Tsumeb, the Brandberg region and the Erongo Mountains. Alpine clefts, huge soda can |  | Basson, I.J., McCall, M.-J., Andrew, J., Daweti, E. (2018) Structural controls on mineralisation at the Namib Lead and Zinc Mine, Damara Belt, Namibia. Ore Geology Reviews, 95. 931-944 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2018.03.028 | 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 |  | Chudasama, Bijal, Porwal, Alok, Wilde, Andy, González-Álvarez, Ignacio, Aranha, Malcolm, Akarapu, Umamahesh, Hirsch, Martin, Becker, Eduard (2019) Bedrock topography modeling and calcrete-uranium prospectivity analysis of Central Erongo Region, Namibia. Ore Geology Reviews, 114. 103109 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.103109 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | modeling and calcrete-uranium prospectivity analysis of Central Erongo Region, Namibia T ⁎ Bijal Chudasamaa...Resources & Exploration (Pty) Ltd, Swakopmund, Namibia b A R T I C LE I N FO A B S T R A C T Keywords:...mapping Aero-magnetic data Calcrete-hosted surficial uranium system Namib Desert palaeodrainage network Damaran...palaeodrainage system in the Namibian calcrete-uranium province is deeply buried under Cenozoic sediments...spite of hosting the world’s largest calcrete-uranium deposit at Langer Heinrich. This paper presents |  | Guo, Guolin, Bonnetti, Christophe, Zhang, Zhanshi, Li, Guanglai, Yan, Zhaobin, Wu, Jianhua, Wu, Yong, Liu, Xiaodong, Wu, Bin (2021) SIMS U-Pb Dating of Uraninite from the Guangshigou Uranium Deposit: Constraints on the Paleozoic Pegmatite-Type Uranium Mineralization in North Qinling Orogen, China. Minerals, 11 (4) 402 doi:10.3390/min11040402 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Guangshigou Uranium Deposit: Constraints on the Paleozoic Pegmatite-Type Uranium Mineralization in...the Guangshigou Uranium Deposit: Constraints on the Paleozoic Pegmatite-Type Uranium Mineralization in...of Uranium Resources Exploration and Evaluation Technology, Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology...+86-791-83897617 (Z.Y.) Abstract: Pegmatite-type uranium mineralization occurs in the Shangdan domain of...occurs as uraninite disseminated in U-rich granitic biotite pegmatites, which formed by assimilation-fractional |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | located 25 km from the southeastern edge of the uranium-rich Athabasca Basin; it hosts a number of U- and...they are xenocrysts from the source region of the melt. Biotite dehydration reactions have led to significant...host significant uranium deposits, the largest being the Rössing deposit in Namibia (Berning et al. 1976...examples of pegmatite- and leucogranite-hosted uranium mineralization are common within the Grenville...al. 2000, and Madore et al. 2000). Whereas the Rössing deposit and the uraniferous pegmatites of the Grenville |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1007/s00126-008-0223-1 ARTICLE The extreme diversity of uranium deposits Michel Cuney Received: 10 September 2008...2008 Abstract Most available classifications of uranium deposits are based on the characteristics of the...geochemical behavior of uranium in fluids and silicate melts and on the main uranium fractionation mechanisms...mechanisms operating in uranium-rich peraluminous, metaluminous, and peralkaline melts, the most recent metallogenic...metallogenic models of the main types of uranium deposits are shortly reviewed. ces: unconformity-related |  | Li, Shan-Shan, Zeng, Wei, Zhang, Huai-Feng, Wang, Lu, Shivute, Espine Tuyakula, Qiu, Kun-Feng (2022) Fractional Crystallization and Partial Melting of the Paleoproterozoic Gneisses and Pegmatite in the Giant Husab Uranium Deposit, Namibia. Minerals, 12 (3) 379 doi:10.3390/min12030379 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gneisses and Pegmatite in the Giant Husab Uranium Deposit, Namibia Shan-Shan Li 1 , Wei Zeng 2 , Huai-Feng...Gneisses and Pegmatite in the Giant Husab Uranium Deposit, Namibia. Minerals 2022, 12, 379. https://doi.org/...Tianjin 300170, China; zwei2011@mail.cgs.gov.cn Uranium Resources Company Limited, China General Nuclear...kunfengqiu@cugb.edu.cn Abstract: The giant Husab uranium deposit is located in the Paleoproterozoic Abbabis...geochemistry, and monazite U-Pb age data from biotite granitic gneisses, syeno-granite, syeno-granitic |  | | Report (issue) | | IAEA-TECDOC-1629 World Distribution of Uranium Deposits (UDEPO) with Uranium Deposit Classification 2009 Edition... IAEA-TECDOC-1629 World Distribution of Uranium Deposits (UDEPO) with Uranium Deposit Classification 2009 Edition...Austria WORLD DISTRIBUTION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS (UDEPO) WITH URANIUM DEPOSIT CLASSIFICATION IAEA, VIENNA...Having comprehensive information on the worldwide uranium deposits is crucial for implementation of significant...published numerous reports on different types of uranium deposits, their geological characteristics and |  | Wang, Shengyun, Fan, Honghai, Chen, Jinyong, Chen, Donghuan (2020) Zircon U–Pb Geochronology, Whole-Rock Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of Biotite Granites in the Gaudeanmus Area, Namibia. Minerals, 10 (1) 76 doi:10.3390/min10010076 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of Biotite Granites in the Gaudeanmus Area, Namibia Shengyun Wang 1,2, *, Honghai...Chen 1,2 1 2 * Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology, Beijing 100029, China; Fhh270@263.net...); chendh2016@126.com (D.C.) Key Laboratory of Uranium Resource Exploration and Evaluation Technology...compositions and Sr–Nd–Pb isotopic compositions of the biotite granite, and determine the age of the samples utilising...U–Pb age for the biotite granite of 540 ± 4 Ma (i.e., earliest Cambrian). The biotite granites show the |  | McKechnie, C. L., Annesley, I. R., Ansdell, K. M. (2012) MEDIUM- TO LOW-PRESSURE PELITIC GNEISSES OF FRASER LAKES ZONE B, WOLLASTON DOMAIN, NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA: MINERAL COMPOSITIONS, METAMORPHIC P-T-t PATH, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GENESIS OF RADIOACTIVE ABYSSAL GRANITIC PEGMATITES. The Canadian Mineralogist, 50 (6) 1669-1694 doi:10.3749/canmin.50.6.1669 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Saskatchewan, Canada, in close proximity to the uranium-rich Athabasca Basin. Here, these magmatic rocks...combined with chemical zoning in garnet, garnet–biotite and Ti-inbiotite geothermometry, and GBPQ geobarometry...have generated significant amounts of melt via biotite-dehydration reactions. Evidence for this is in...Wollaston Domain, uranium metallogeny, Fraser Lakes Zone B, Saskatchewan. Introduction Uranium-bearing granitic...the only present production is at the Rössing mine in Namibia (Berning et al. 1976, Basson & Greenway |  | | Report (issue) | | ................ 102 Global Classification of Uranium Deposits..................................................... 103 Characteristics of Intrusive Uranium Deposits.......................................................................... 109 Cavendish Mine....................................................... 110 Comparison Between Cavendish and Rössing Uranium Occurrences .................................................. 111 Rössing Uranium Deposit ...................................................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | southwestern Central Zone of the Damara Belt, Namibia and implications for tectonic setting L. Longridge...southwestern Central Zone of the Damara Belt, Namibia and implications for tectonic setting, LITHOS (2017)...SOUTHWESTERN CENTRAL ZONE OF THE DAMARA BELT, NAMIBIA AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TECTONIC SETTING IP T Longridge...pressures of 4.9 kbar for a garnet-cordierite-biotite-orthopyroxene schist. These temperatures confirm...with the SC R Gariep Belt found in southern Namibia and the Northern Cape Province of South Africa |  | Decree, Sophie, Deloule, Étienne, De Putter, Thierry, Dewaele, Stijn, Mees, Florias, Baele, Jean-Marc, Marignac, Christian (2014) Dating of U-rich heterogenite: New insights into U deposit genesis and U cycling in the Katanga Copperbelt. Precambrian Research, 241. 17-28 doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2013.11.009 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | online 4 December 2013 Keywords: Katanga Copperbelt Uranium deposition Shinkolobwe U–Pb geochronology Heterogenite...Heterogenite a b s t r a c t The Katanga Copperbelt region of the Democratic Republic of Congo hosts world-class...most abundant Co-bearing secondary mineral in the region. Its occurrence is the result of oxidation of Cu–Co-sulfides...consistent with syn-early diagenetic concentration of uranium in sediments of the Katanga basin. The ∼720 to...fold-and-thrust Belt”, the Middle Unit to the Zambian “Dome Region”, and the Inner Unit includes the “Synclinorial |  | | Report (issue) | | initiated a controlled nuclear chain reaction. Uranium is a ubiquitous element that occurs everywhere;...1966). Uranium is a member of the actinide series of elements, as are thorium and plutonium. Uranium has...resulting in disequilibrium in the radioactivity of Uranium is one of the most important energyrelated materials...To meet the current and projected needs of the uranium industry, discovery of new deposits and development...and processing are critical. The discovery of uranium is attributed to Klaproth, a German chemist who |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | South Africa, India, Himalaya, Italy, China, Namibia and Canada (Liew et al. 1989, Raith 1995, Braun...been reported from USA, Australia, Greenland, Namibia, Brazil, Egypt, 0077-7757/07/0088 $ 2.75 © 2007...setting. They have been reported from Australia, Namibia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Germany and Jordan (Liew et...minimal alteration effects from plutonic rocks of the region (including 26 samples from SE and SW of Saqqez)...(pink granites containing up to ~5 modal % of biotite). These leucogranites are subalkaline to alkaline |  | | Report (issue) | | IAEA TECDOC SERIES Geological Classification of Uranium Deposits and Description of Selected Examples ...IAEA-TECDOC-1842 Geological Classification of Uranium Deposits and Description of Selected Examples ...ISSN 1011–4289 @ GEOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS AND DESCRIPTION OF SELECTED EXAMPLES ...MONGOLIA MONTENEGRO MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE MYANMAR NAMIBIA NEPAL NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NICARAGUA NIGER NIGERIA... IAEA-TECDOC-1842 GEOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS AND DESCRIPTION OF SELECTED EXAMPLES |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | low-temperature granulite-facies metasediments, Damara Belt, Namibia Robert Ward, Gary Stevens ⁎, Alex Kisters Department...Pan-African Damara Belt in Namibia that have undergone fluid-present biotite melting at a relatively low-temperature...collisional event in the Damara Belt. Within these sites biotite underwent incongruent melting via the reaction...accepted conditions for the onset of fluid-absent biotite melting. This, coupled to the focussing of anatexis...suggests that anatexis occurred through water-present biotite incongruent melting. In order to better understand |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Accepted Manuscript Phanerozoic uranium mineralization in Variscan Europe – more than 400 Ma of tectonic...tectonic, supergene, and climate-controlled uranium redistribution Rolf L. Romer, Michel Cuney PII: DOI:...article as: R.L. Romer, M. Cuney, Phanerozoic uranium mineralization in Variscan Europe – more than 400...of tectonic, supergene, and climate-controlled uranium redistribution, Ore Geology Reviews (2018), doi:...pertain. Phanerozoic uranium mineralization in Variscan Europe Phanerozoic uranium mineralization in Variscan |  | | Book | | Broder J. Merkel Alireza Arab Editors Uranium – Past and Future Challenges Proceedings of the 7th International...International Conference on Uranium Mining and Hydrogeology Uranium – Past and Future Challenges Broder... Broder J. Merkel Alireza Arab • Editors Uranium – Past and Future Challenges Proceedings of the 7th...7th International Conference on Uranium Mining and Hydrogeology 123 Editors Broder J. Merkel Alireza...October 1995 the First International Conference on Uranium Mining and Hydrogeology took place with 350 participants |  | | Book | | assemblage of deposit types. • Metallogenic Province: a region characterized by a particular assemblage of mineral...those with atomic numbers greater than 92 (U: uranium) either occur in vanishingly small amounts as unstable...Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 Muscovite – KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Biotite – K(Fe,Mg)3(Al,Fe)Si3O10(OH,F)2 Lepidolite – K(Li...be utilized in issues such as the control of acid mine drainage, and soil and erosion management. Mining...concentration of incompatible elements: the Rössing uranium deposit Box 1.3 Boundary layer differentiation |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | Book | | RICH, H.D. HOLLAND and U. PETERSEN HYDROTHERMAL URANIUM DEPOSITS 7. J.G. MORSE (Editor) NUCLEAR METHODS...BOYLE GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING FOR THORIUM AND URANIUM DEPOSITS 17. G.R.PARSLOW (Editor) GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION..."Broadly regarded, the depth ta which a metalliferous region has been eroded affects its present characteristics...sills), if they are exposed in outcrop or in the mine workings at all. The Climax Mo complex is the best...members although calc-alkaline rocks (such as biotite granites) are also present. This association is |  | | Book | | RICH, H.D. HOLLAND and U. PETERSEN HYDROTHERMAL URANIUM DEPOSITS 7. J.G. MORSE (Editor) NUCLEAR METHODS...BOYLE GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING FOR THORIUM AND URANIUM DEPOSITS 17. G.R.PA RSL OW (Editor) GEOCHEMICAL..."Broadly regarded, the depth to which a metalliferous region has been eroded affects its present characteristics...sills), if they are exposed in outcrop or in the mine workings at all. The Climax Mo complex is the best...members although calc-alkaline rocks (such as biotite granites) are also present. This association is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | element supply and use . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uranium, thorium and radium. . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Chemistry and mineralogy of uranium and thorium . . . . . 24.2. Uranium deposits . . . . . . . . . ....2.1. Magmatic uranium deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.2.2. Structure-bound uranium deposits . . .... . . . . . . 24.2.3. Sedimentary uranium deposits . . . . . . . . . . . 24.3. Thorium deposits . . ...thorium deposits . . . . . . . . . . . 24.3.4. Uranium and thorium supply and use . . . . . . . Aluminum | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | element supply and use . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uranium, thorium and radium. . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Chemistry and mineralogy of uranium and thorium . . . . . 24.2. Uranium deposits . . . . . . . . . ....2.1. Magmatic uranium deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.2.2. Structure-bound uranium deposits . . .... . . . . . . 24.2.3. Sedimentary uranium deposits . . . . . . . . . . . 24.3. Thorium deposits . . ...thorium deposits . . . . . . . . . . . 24.3.4. Uranium and thorium supply and use . . . . . . . Aluminum |
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