| Location: | Namibia, Africa |
| Lat / long: | -22.94686, 17.08484 |
| dep_id: | 10081097 |
| mrds_id: | W032799 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Minor mineral: | Silver |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Covellite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite |
| orebody_fm: | TABULAR |
| conc_proc: | H2s-Rich Anoxic Lagoonal Waters |
| ore_ctrl: | Marine-Terrestrial Transition Zone |
| Reporter: | Gassaway, Judith S. |
| hrock_unit: | Hakos Subgrp; Marble; Quartzite, Schist;Oamites Formationn: Ore Zone; Qtzite And Cgl;Kamtsas Formationn: Qtzite And Cgl; Oldest |
| hrock_type: | Quartzite |
| Structure: | Zambian Copperbelt |
| tectonic: | Southern Flanc Of Precambrian Damara Eugeosyncline |
| Year first produced: | 1971 |
| disc_yr: | 1900 |
| discr: | German Colonists |
| References: |
- Deposit:: LEE, S.D., AND GLENISTER, 1976; STRATIFORM SULFIDE MINERALIZATION OAMITES COPPER MINE, SOUTH WEST AFRICA: ECON. GEOL., V. 71, P. 369-383.
- Deposit:: E/MJ 1978; MM 1980; WAR MINERALS REPORT 1976-1977.
- Production:: E/MJ 1978.
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