Mine detail: Brandberg West

Location:	Namibia, Africa
Lat / long:	-21.23029, 14.61818
dep_id:	10024796
mrds_id:	ISM0548
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Tungsten
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
Reporter:	Sinclair, W.David
hrock_unit:	Damara System
hrock_type:	Quartzite,Schist
Structure:	Quartz Veins Occur In The Core Of An Anticline, Probably Are Related To Meso Zoic Granite.
tectonic:	Intracratonic
Year first produced:	1933
yr_lst_prd:	1980
References:	Deposit:: ANSTETT,T.F., BLEIWAS,D.F., AND HURDELBRINK,R.J., 1985, TUNGSTEN AVAILABILI TY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9025, 51P. Deposit:: PELLETIER,R.A., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA; CAPE TOWN, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, P. 131-132. Deposit:: ELLIS,M.W. AND STEVENS,C., THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF THE TERRITORY OF SOUTH-W EST AFRICA, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK 1978-79, VOL. III, AREA REP ORTS: INTERNATIONAL, P. 850. Deposit:: R.F. STEVENS, JR., 1973, TUNGSTEN, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1973; VOL. I., METALS, MINERALS AND FUELS, P. 1,256. Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1977, THE ECONOMICS OF TUNGSTEN; THIRD E DITION, LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., P. 156.