Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Schist · Damara System
StructureQuartz Veins Occur In The Core Of An Anticline, Probably Are Related To Meso Zoic Granite.
Tectonic settingIntracratonic
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
First production1933
Last production1980
Identification
Deposit ID10024796
MRDS IDISM0548
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-21.23029, 14.61818
References
ANSTETT,T.F., BLEIWAS,D.F., AND HURDELBRINK,R.J., 1985, TUNGSTEN AVAILABILI TY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9025, 51P.PELLETIER,R.A., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA; CAPE TOWN, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, P. 131-132.ELLIS,M.W. AND STEVENS,C., THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF THE TERRITORY OF SOUTH-W EST AFRICA, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK 1978-79, VOL. III, AREA REP ORTS: INTERNATIONAL, P. 850.R.F. STEVENS, JR., 1973, TUNGSTEN, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1973; VOL. I., METALS, MINERALS AND FUELS, P. 1,256.ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1977, THE ECONOMICS OF TUNGSTEN; THIRD E DITION, LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., P. 156.