Mine detail: Karibib District

Previously called 'HeliconRubiconGooste MinesKarlsbrunn'

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Location: Namibia, Africa
Lat / long: -22.14691, 16.00152
dep_id: 60000718
mrds_id: ISM0492
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Rubidium, Beryllium, Lithium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: PEGMATITE, ZONED, MAGMATIC
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: CLOETE, DERIK
Structure: GEOSYNCLINE
Year first produced: 1945
disc_yr: 1927
References:
  • Deposit:: AUBERT, G.,1963: LE LITHIUM.--BULL.DU B.R.G.M.,NO 2,P.23-93,PARIS 1963
  • Deposit:: ROERING, C AND GEVERS,T.W.,1964: LITHIUM- AND BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITES IN THE KARIBIB DISTRICT,SOUTH WEST AFRICA.-IN:HAUGHTON,S.H.(EDITOR):THE GEOLOGY OF SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA,VOL.2,P.463-495; GEOL.SOC.SOUTH AF-RICA,JOHANNESBURG.
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