Mine detail: Rosh Pinah Mine

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Location: Namibia, Africa
Lat / long: -27.94666, 16.76825
dep_id: 10073117
mrds_id: W018949
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead
Minor mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Antimony, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Bornite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Celsian, Dolomite, Quartz, Witherite
orebody_fm: STRATABOUND AND STRATIFORM TABULAR BODIES
model: 208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
alteration: Outcrops Are Well Oxidized
ore_ctrl: Probably Syngenetic Deposition
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Kapok Formation
hrock_type: Quartzite,Argillite,Dolomite
Structure: On W. Flank Of A Nw- Sse Trending Anticlinorium., A Single Fault Adjacent - East Of The A Orebody
disc_yr: 1963
discr: M.D. Mc Millan
References:
  • Deposit:: PAGE, D. C., WATSON, M. D., 1976, THE PB-ZN DEPOSIT OF ROSH PINAH MINE, SOUTH WEST AFRICA; ECON. GEOL. V 71 P. 306 - 327
  • Deposit:: MENZIE AND MOSIER, 1985, GRADE, TONNAGE AND LITHOLOGIC DATA FOR SEDIMENT-HOSTED SUBMARINE EXHALATIVE ZN-PB AND SANDSTONE-HOSTED PB-ZN DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-206, 17 P.
  • Deposit:: MC MILLAN, M.D., 1968, GEOLOGY OF WITPUTS - SENDELINGSDRIFT AREA: UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH UNIT, BULLETIN 4, 176 P.
  • Production:: E/MJ INTL. DIR. 1975, P.
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