Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
TertiaryPhosphorus-Phosphates, Quartz, Barium-Barite, Beryllium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLENTICULAR VEIN AND TABULAR REPLACEMENT BEDS
Ore controlFluorspar Replaced Bedded And Brecciated Limestone, Marble And Quartzite Horizons
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueBarite, Pyrite, Quartz
Other materialsApatite
Geology
Structure275 M. High Ridge Of Limestone, Quartzite And Related Rocks (Carbonatites)
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10069469
MRDS IDW007008
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-20.06368, 16.76816
References
CHERMETTE, A., 1964, LE SPATH-FLUOR EN AFRIQUE DU SUD: MINES ET METALLURGIE, APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 1964, P. 9GROGAN, R.M., 1974, THE ENVIRONMENTS OF DEPOSITION OF FLUORSPAR, IN A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KY. GEOL. SURV. SPECIAL PUB. 22, P. 81971, MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL. III: U.S. BU MINES, P. 745DEANS, T. AND OTHERS, 1972, METASOMATIC FELDSPAR ROCKS (POTASH FENITES) ASSOCIATED WITH THE FLUORITE DEPOSITS AND CARBONATITES OF AMBA DONGAR, INDIA: INST. MIN., METALL. (LONDON), FEB. '72.DEANS, T. AND OTHERS, 1972, METASOMATIC FELDSPAR...AMBA DONGAR1971, MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL. III, P. 745