Producer

Tsumeb

Namibia
CopperLeadSilverZincCadmiumGermanium
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead
SecondarySilver
TertiaryZinc, Cadmium, Germanium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsAnglesite, Bornite, Cerussite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Enargite, Galena, Greenockite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite, Tennantite, Wurtzite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1900
Discovery year1893
Identification
Deposit ID10304790
Alternate namesTsumeb West, Otavi Minen, Tsumeb Mine
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-19.22534, 17.71367
References
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