Prospect

Gamsberg

South Africa
ZincLead
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc
SecondaryLead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1954
Identification
Deposit ID10305004
MRDS IDW018942
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates-29.24659, 18.96828
References
WORLD MINING, MAY 1974, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WORLD MINING.METALS SOURCEBOOK,ITEM A2624, MAY 21,1973.METALS SOURCEBOOK,ITEM A3830, AUG.13,1973.METALS SOURCEBOOK, ITEM B2861, MAY 20,1974.WORLD MINING, AUG.1977, P.83.MINING JOURNAL, JULY 1,1977,P.5.E/MJ, MARCH 1978,P.247.COAL GOLD&BASE MINERALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, PROGRESS ATGAMSBERG, OCT.1975, P.53.COAL GOLD&BASE MINERALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, SEPT.1977, P.15.METAL BULLETIN, SEPT.22,1975, P.22.WORLD MINING YEARBOOK, 1977.WORLD MINING, ELECTROLYTIC ZINC RECOVERY, SEPT.1978, PP.92-99.DEGUIRE,M.F., HANNAFORD,A.L AND HARRIS,L. PILOT PLANT OPER-ATION ON GAMSBERG MANGANIFEROUS ZN CONCENTRATES, SME PRE-PRINT NO. 78-B-30, PAPER PRESENTED FEB.28-MARCH 2,1978,LAKEWOOD,COLO.DMA SERIES 1501 MAP, SHEET SH 34-5, SCALE 1:250,000.ANNUAL REPORTS, NEWMONT MINING CORP., 1975-1979.BLACK MOUNTAIN GEARING UP FOR FULL PRODUCTION, IN WORLD MIN-ING, MARCH, 1980, P. 71.BLACK MOUNTAIN MINERAL DEVELOPMENT COMP. (PTY) LIMITED INFOCUS, IN JOURNAL OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF MININGAND METALLURGY, P. 166.CHADWICK, JOHN R. (ED.) BLACK MOUNTAIN-ANNUAL REVIEW ABOUT$150,000,000 IN WORLD MINING, MARCH 1981, P. 36.MCLAURIN, A.N., GEOCHEMICAL DISPERSION FROM THE GAMSBERGOREBODY, NORTHWESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA, IN JOURNAL OFGEOCHMICAL EXPLORATION 10, ELSEVIER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHINGCOMPANY, NETHERLANDS, 1978, PP. 296-306.PRODUCTION UNDERWAY AT BROKEN HILL, SOUTH AFRICA, MINING MAGAZINE, FEB., 1980, P. 121.ROZENDALL, A.,THE GAMSBERG ZINC DEPOSIT, NAMAQUALAND, IN VERWOERD, W.J., RF., MINERALIZATION IN METAMORPHIC TERRAINS,GEOLOGICAL SOC. OF SOUTH AFRICA SPEC. PUB., 1976.ROZENDAAL, A., THE GAMSBERG ZINC DEPOSIT, SOUTH AFRICA, ABENDED STRATIFORM BASE-METAL SULFIDE ORE DEPOSIT, IN PRO-CEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH QUADRENNIAL IAGOD SYMPOSIUMM VOL. 1STUTTGARD, 1981.WHEATLEY, C.J.V. ASPECTS OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION IN THEBUSHMANLAND REGION, NORTH-WEST CAPE, SOURCE NOT IDENTIFIEDPERSONAL COMMUNICATION WITH STAFF OF THE O'OKIEP COPPER COMPNABABEEP, SOUTH AFRICA.ELECTROLYTIC ZINC RECOVERY FROM MANGANIFEROUS CONCENTRATE,WORLD MINING, SEPT., 1978.PAH REPORT ON GAMSBERG, NOV. 1987."GAMSBERG ZINC MINE MOOTED", MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, 14 MAY1993, V. 320 N. 8224, P. 350.