Mine detail: Rossing

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Location: Namibia, Africa
Lat / long: -22.41357, 15.01819
dep_id: 10081098
mrds_id: W032800
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Monazite, Uraninite
gangue: Apatite, Sphene, Torbernite, Zircon
orebody_fm: ELONGATE, TABULAR, IRREGULAR
alteration: Dynamothermal Metamorphism
conc_proc: Uraniferous Syntectic Alaskite
ore_ctrl: Migmatite
Reporter: Gassaway, Judith S.
hrock_unit: Rossing Formation-Metasediments;Kahn Formation-Px-Hbl Gneiss
hrock_type: Marble,Schist,Gneiss,Limestone
arock_type: Mafic Intrusive Rock,Granite
Structure: Late Prec Damara Orogenic Belt, Large Granite Pluton With Assoc. Dikes.
Year first produced: 1976
disc_yr: 1928
discr: Captain And Mrs. Peter Louv
References:
  • Deposit:: BERNING, J., ET. AL., 1976, THE ROSSING URANIUM DEPOSIT, SOUTH WEST AFRICA: ECON. GEOL., V.71, P.351-368.
  • Deposit:: E/MJ 1978; MM 1980; WAR MINERALS REPORT 1976-1977.
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