Mine detail: Otjosondu

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Location

Lat / long:

-21.33026, 18.16816

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Bixbyite, Braunite, Hausmannite, Hollandite, Jacobsite
Orebody form:	MASSIVE
Discovery year:	1904

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1939

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Complex Folding, Doubly Plunging Synclinorium Southern Limbs Overturned
Tectonic:	Passive Continental Margin
Alteration processes:	Minor

References

MRDS	AD00320
DEP	10003925
Reference	{Deposit:: ROPER, H., 1956, THE MANGANESE DEPOSITS AT OTJOSONDU, SOUTH WEST AFRICA. IN SYMPOSIUM DEL MANGANESO, 20TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, MEXICO, 2. P. 115-122}{Reserve-Resource:: ROPER, H., 1956, P.122.}
Reporter	Bolton, Barrie R.