Mine detail: Okorusu Fluorspar Deposit

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Location: Namibia, Africa
Lat / long: -20.06368, 16.76816
dep_id: 10069469
mrds_id: W007008
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Trace mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Quartz, Barium-Barite, Beryllium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Barite, Pyrite, Quartz
other_matl: Apatite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR VEIN AND TABULAR REPLACEMENT BEDS
ore_ctrl: Fluorspar Replaced Bedded And Brecciated Limestone, Marble And Quartzite Horizons
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
Structure: 275 M. High Ridge Of Limestone, Quartzite And Related Rocks (Carbonatites)
References:
  • Deposit:: CHERMETTE, A., 1964, LE SPATH-FLUOR EN AFRIQUE DU SUD: MINES ET METALLURGIE, APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 1964, P. 9
  • Deposit:: GROGAN, R.M., 1974, THE ENVIRONMENTS OF DEPOSITION OF FLUORSPAR, IN A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KY. GEOL. SURV. SPECIAL PUB. 22, P. 8
  • Deposit:: 1971, MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL. III: U.S. BU MINES, P. 745
  • Deposit:: DEANS, T. AND OTHERS, 1972, METASOMATIC FELDSPAR ROCKS (POTASH FENITES) ASSOCIATED WITH THE FLUORITE DEPOSITS AND CARBONATITES OF AMBA DONGAR, INDIA: INST. MIN., METALL. (LONDON), FEB.*2.
  • Production:: DEANS, T. AND OTHERS, 1972, METASOMATIC FELDSPAR...AMBA DONGAR
  • Reserve-Resource:: 1971, MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL. III, P. 745
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