Mine detail: Berg Aukas Mine

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Location: Namibia, Africa
Lat / long: -19.44703, 18.46814
dep_id: 10089356
mrds_id: W018948
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Vanadium, Zinc, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Descloizite, Galena, Sphalerite, Willemite
gangue: Dolomite
orebody_fm: MASSIVE IRREGULAR, SOME DISSEMINATIONS
alteration: Supergene Enrichment Of Upper Ore
ore_ctrl: Stratigraphic Control And Structural Control Due To Folding.
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_unit: Otavi Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
References:
  • Deposit:: PELLETIER, R. A., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH CENTRAL AFRICA; OXFORD U. PRESS, CAPETOWN, P. 129 - 130
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987.
  • Deposit:: SKINNERS MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK, 1975, P. 518.
  • Production:: SKINNERS MINING INTL. YBK. 1975, P. 517
  • Reserve-Resource:: SKINNERS, 1975
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