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Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

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Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
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Type:Schist
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Validity:Believed Valid
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Mineral Data:Click here to view Schist data
Locality Data:Click here to view Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1431640
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1431640:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Schist
94.7km (58.9 miles)Ondurakurume Complex, Kalkfeld, Otjiwarongo Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
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Book (volume)
Sussmanncollection . .; J. Scovil. ForewordNamibia experienced in 2016 a huge increase of visitors...am able to enjoy this exceptional new book onNamibia and it's mineralogical treasures now. The first...laymen like me. The mineralogical rarities ofNamibia are introduced with excellent pictures and informative...Kruger Foundation Introduction Whenthe book "Namibia- Minerals and Localities",with 850pages(rather...first part of the original book:the localitiesinNamibia. Sussman (Tucson,AZ, USA),ErnstA. on theseinc
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MINISTRY OF MINES Al'TD ENERGYGEOLOGICAL SURVEYNAMIBIA-jli1990,.1Open File Report :MRS 09-~I...MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGYGEOLOGICAL SURVEYNAMIBIA1990Open File Report MRS 09 2AbstractA number...number of fluorite deposits occur inNamibia. These belong to the replacement-, vein- andbreccia pipe...one is atOkorusu FluoriteMine, areplacement-type deposit that is associated with theOkorusu Alkaline...56% CaF2. With the exception of the Garub FluoriteMine, a breccia pipe deposit, all other fluorite occurrences
Book
of Southern Africa Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho,Namibia, South Africa, southern Mozambique and Zimbabwe...blue shattuckite, 5.2 cm - Kaokoveld Plateau,Namibia - Bruce Cairncross specimen and photo; Backcover:...baryte crystals, field of view 1.5 cm - Tsumebmine,Namibia - Bruce Cairncross specimen and photo; Tn:lepage:...bright red rhodochrosite, 9.5 cm - N'Chwaning Imine, South Africa - Desmond Sacco specimen, Bruce Cairncross...and black metallic manganite, 7.2 cm N'Chwaning IImine, South Africa - Desmond Sacco specimen, Bruce Cairncross
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during hydrothermal alteration at theOkorusu carbonatite complex,NamibiaDelia Cangelosi a,*, Sam Broom-Fendley...7th May 2019AbstractThe CretaceousOkorusu carbonatite,Namibia, includes diopside-bearing and pegmatitic...fluorite replaced the calcite carbonatites atOkorusu and resulted in extensive chemical change, suggesting...KEYWORDS: REE, carbonatite, hydrothermal transport,Okorusu.* ee12dac@leeds.ac.uk1. IntroductionThe rare...metals’ — metals which aresourced from a restrictedregion and have low substitutability and recyclability
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Westcott coppermine, comprised threeseparate collecting sites in two short adits and themine dump. Nearby...Nearby was the BadgerLevel section of the Huglithmine complex, which was our other location.We were too...a layby in the forestry surroundingthe Huglithmine. When we did so later in the day there were some...more interesting of the. sites at the•Westcottmine, though a few good finds were made in the two ad...•••, :. • IOriginally started as a coppermine in the latter part of the 1800s, the workin·gs at
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REPUBLIC OFNAMIBIA -MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGYGEOLOGICAL SURVEYTHE MINERAL RESOURCES OFNAMIBIAFIRST...ENERGYOf the several hundred minerals present inNamibia, around sixty have been exploited. some, such as...base metals and industrial minerals have helpedNamibia rank amongst the top fivemining countries in Africa...terms of production and reserves. In this context,Namibia is a major producerof copper, lead, zinc, cadmium...unpublished. It is evident that mineral exploration inNamibia, as elsewhere. has changed from serendipitous discoveries
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MountainlandThe Central Northern to NorthwestRegion including DamaralandThe Central Namib Desertand...sOnganjaMine and Surrounding Copper DepositsThe SouthThe Pegmatitesin CentralNamibiaLuderitz and...Encyclopediaof the MineralsofNamibia443Meteorites inNamibiaBibliographyIndexPhoto credits...__RepublicofNamibiaThe PresidentStateHouseW°NtdhoekFOREWORDNamibia is endowed with an...from nearand far. Fine mineral specimen fromNamibia are displayed in allthe famous natural science
Journal (issue)
(Dodecahedron) with Quartz, Erongo Mountains,Namibia,2.5 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm, Jeff Scovil photo,Alex Schauss...Club. This led to all kinds of field trips in theregion, including one ofmy first trips to collect Herkimer...track, to collectspecimens underground at the Kellymine, famous for exceptional blue-green botryoidal smithsonite...nearby Graphicmine, noted for azurite and malachite crystals, and visit the Blanchardmine to collect fine...included that of Ms. Blanchard at the Blanchardmine, whogreeted someone she didn’t know with a shotgun
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
resources of anorogenic alkaline complexes inNamibia: A reviewF. PirajnoaaGeological Survey of...resources of anorogenic alkaline complexes inNamibia: A review, AustralianJournal of Earth Sciences:...resources of anorogenic alkaline complexes inNamibia:A reviewF. PIRAJNODownloaded by [Dalhousie...Plain Street, East Perth, WA 6004, Australia.InNamibia there are numerous anorogenic alkaline complexes...carbonatites, mineralization,Namibia.INTRODUCTIONIn southwestern Africa (Namibia, southern Angola andnorthwestern
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it collected when the TsumebMine (as well as other mines of theregion) were still in production in...engineering work took him to the TsumebMine inNamibia. Thismine isrenowned for producing what are arguably...desert-like "Sperrgebiet" area of the southern coast ofNamibia, with its fabulous wealth of gemdiamonds. One...Ian’s interest stems from the family trips toNamibia, includingthe mines of Tsumeb. He worked with... 57001 AzuriteLevel 8, TsumebMine, Tsumeb, OtjikotoRegion,NamibiaIf the attachment point on the
Journal (issue)
coverVanadinite3.4 cm, from the North Geronimomine, La Paz County, Arizona.Dick Morris collection;...custom jewelry.Wulfenite, 5.4 cm,from the Defiancemine near Gleeson,Cochise County,Arizona. Ken Donn...photo.Wulfenite (hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from theGlovemine, Tyndall district, Santa CruzCounty, Arizona. Collected...pseudomorphafter azurite, 4 cm, from the Inspirationmine, Globe-Miami district, Gila County,Arizona. Ken...Cerussite twins on matrix, 6.5 cm, fromthe Grand Reefmine, Aravaipa district,Graham County, Arizona. Ken
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
anorogeniccomplexes of Damaraland, northwestNamibia: evidence forcrustal contamination and its effect...anorogenic complexes of Damaraland in northwestNamibia have beenused to estimate the d18O values of the...crust.IntroductionThe Damaralandregion of northwestNamibia (Fig. 1)contains numerous anorogenic...SpitzkoppePlutonicGraniteErongoVolcanoplutonicOkorusuPlutonicCape CrossPlutonicEtanenoPlutonic...CuNiCrVZr/NbZr/YAIErongo:SMER11 ERGOkorusu:OKU3OKU5Etaneno:ETA1ETA2Cape Cross:CCR10
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CanadacGeoAfrica, P.O. Box 24218, Windhoek,NamibiadTelemark, Fylkeshuset, Postboks 2163, 3103 Tønsberg...One268example of this process is theOkorusu fenite,Namibia, which displays undulating or269scalloped...Willem,Namibia (Reid and Cooper, 1992); Toror Hills, Uganda (Sutherland, 1965b)343andOkorusu, Namibia...fluids from inclusions at theOkorusu and Kalkfeld411carbonatites,Namibia (Bühn et al., 2002). This...geochemically similar metamorphic rocks such as gneiss orschist. In the425majority of fenites, alkalis are
Book
relationship to beneficiation problems atOkorusu,NamibiaHagni, RD297Ore microscopic study of copper...losses from mining of bornite ores in theSweetwaterMine, Viburnum Trend, Southeast MissouriHagni, RD307...oxidation and mobilization of arsenic in the Ketza Rivermine tailingsPaktunc, D, Thibault, Y, and Weisener,...Understanding micro-environment development inmine tailings usingMLA and image analysisRedwan, M...us magnetite bands atBhaktarhalli, NuggihalliSchist Belt, Western Dharwar Craton, Karnataka, India
Report (issue)
A fluorite specimen from the Number 1 (Minerva)Mine, Cave-in-Rock subdistrict, Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar...............................................G31Mine Waste Characteristics.........................................................................G36Mine Closure...........................................a fluorite specimen from the Number 1 (Minerva)Mine,Cave-in-Rock subdistrict, Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar...Selected examples of the chemistry and mineralogy ofmine wastegenerated at fluorspar mines.............
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
waters and it was also determined that theAlis,arregion is different from the other two regionswith respect...brown syenites of theAlis,arregion, like those in the Bayindirregion, are darkand light purple and...Karatombak gabbroMetamorphic rocks;MarbleSchist, calc-schist,calc-silicatic felsand hornfels671...BayindirBoz H.Probable faultFNo undertakingmineMezar H.Asilik H.B l a c kS eIstanbulAnatolian...Karatombak H.TomCafertas H.FaUndertakingmineJoint systemdip and strikeKirsehirTURKEY0
Journal (issue)
and Smelting Company of British Columbia, and theMineand Exploration Division of the Canadian Forestry...“The Mineralogy and Geology of the SilenceLakeMine” was published in Lapis (May 1985), and he was a...Colorado he worked as a miner atthe Climax molybdenummine.Benjy married Elizabeth Ann Spangler, and they...volume 51, September–October, 2020 famous Franklinmine. Russell and Alexandra were married soonafter meeting...com|w w w. FineMineral.com Colorado QuartzMine,California,USA6 cm Rudolph Now accepting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Xianshuihe fault in the north (Fig. 2b). As the onlyaditmine at MD, this deposit contains resources of 115,075...(3) Metadiabaseemplaced into the basalt, greenschist, and Permian marble which, inturn, was intruded...Kalkfeld (gray area; Bühn and Rankin 1999) andOkorusu (pink area; Bühn et al. 2002), and granitoid fluids...carbonatite-related REE deposits (e.g., Kalkfeld andOkorusuinNamibia; Bühn and Rankin 1999; Bühn et al. 2002;...deposits (e.g., Kalkfeld, Bühn and Rankin 1999;Okorusu, Bühn et al.2002), but is different to granite-related
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Metamorphicrocks, exposed in the vicinity of Yıldızeliregion, start atthe basement with pelitic schists and...migmatites. Thissequence consists of quartzite, quartzschist, and marbleat the top (Alpaslan 1993). The thickness...the study area aremainly characterized by micaschist, calc-silicate, andmarble. Radiometric K/Ar studies...REE reveals that most of the samples liein theregion of granitoid-hosted fluorite occurrencesfrom the...fluid-inclusion evidence from theOkorusu fluorite deposit,Namibia. – Chem. Geol. 186: 75 – 98.Coniglio
Report (issue)
SURVEYNAMIBIA1990Open File Report MRS 12 2AbstractNiobium-tantalummineralisation inNamibia occurs...by-products of Tin-mining operations in centralNamibia (Uis,Nainais, De Rust). Prominent niobium-tantalum...pegmatites occur in the TantaliteValley in southernNamibia and have been mined for a long time on a small...occurrences of niobium-tantalum mineralisation inNamibia are classified and describedaccording to their...pegmatitesoccur in the Karibib area, centralNamibia. Uranium mineralisedalaskitescarrying accessory
Book
GoudieHeather VilesLandscapes andLandforms ofNamibia World Geomorphological LandscapesSeries editor...Goudie • Heather VilesLandscapes and LandformsofNamibia123 Andrew GoudieSchool of Geography and the...geographically coherentregion. This volume presents the geomorphology ofNamibia—acountry that hosts superb...with wildlife—theycan all be found acrossNamibia. SinceNamibia is relatively easy to navigate, the book...their assistance and valuedcompany in the field inNamibia, including Dick Grove, the late Charles Koch, Abi
Journal (issue)
VishnevyeMts. in the Urals, a famous pegmatiteregionabout 100 km south of Ekaterinberg, werepurchased...in shape and occur together with talc-chloriteschist and rodingitewithin the contact alteration zone...exploration potential that exists in thesurroundingregion.Historical backgroundArchaeologically, nephrite...were promoted as the principlenephrite-producingregion for the SovietBloc countries and this appears...structuralhigh and the oldest tectonic element in theregion. These Precambrian rocks are unconformably overlain
Journal (issue)
Famous mineral localities:The Erongo Mountains,Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....schorl and feldspar,from the ErongoMountains,Namibia.Desmond Sacco collection;Bruce Cairncross photo...mineralogical treasures of theErongo Mountains inNamibia. Uli’s financial support made possible the inclusion...important assignment at the Shinkolobwe uraniummine. Hissupervisor was Johannes Vaes (1902–1978).Gilbert...Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)and Tsumeb, Southwest Africa (Namibia). He had a mini-van-liketruck loaded with minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Grootberg and Wereldsend quartz latitesofNamibia, but the much higher Pb contents of the Namibian...n of Pb-rich material, such as shale, slate orschist, for the Namibian silicicrocks. After comparing...Lucchetti et al., 2018). ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPTInNamibia all of the low-Ti silicic units are interpreted...beenproposed to be the Messum Complex caldera inNamibia, with the deposits emplaced more than300 km from...rocksMAfrom southern Brazil with those fromNamibia, and evaluate petrological aspects of otherPhanerozoic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu ± Mo ± Au deposits developed in this NE Chinaregion [49,59–61]. Minerals 2023, 13, 77 3 of 20 Figure...Dawangzi Group (mainly quartz chloriteschist, quartz biotiteschist, and marble); Lower Ordovician intermediate–felsic...vermicular resorption textures (such as in the EmpireMine, [87]), and high fluorine-content hydrothermal biotite...during hydrothermal alteration at theOkorusu carbonatite complex,Namibia. Mineral. Mag. 2020, 84, 49–64....endoskarn abundance in Cu-Zn skarns at the EmpireMine, Idaho, USA. Chem. Geol. 2004, 210, 149–171. [CrossRef]
 
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