Mine detail: Otjosondu

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Location: Namibia, Africa
Lat / long: -21.33026, 18.16816
dep_id: 10003925
mrds_id: AD00320
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bixbyite, Braunite, Hausmannite, Hollandite, Jacobsite
orebody_fm: MASSIVE
alteration: Minor
Reporter: Bolton, Barrie R.
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Complex Folding, Doubly Plunging Synclinorium Southern Limbs Overturned
tectonic: Passive Continental Margin
Year first produced: 1939
disc_yr: 1904
References:
  • Deposit:: ROPER, H., 1956, THE MANGANESE DEPOSITS AT OTJOSONDU, SOUTH WEST AFRICA. IN SYMPOSIUM DEL MANGANESO, 20TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, MEXICO, 2. P. 115-122
  • Reserve-Resource:: ROPER, H., 1956, P.122.
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