Mine detail: Noumas

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -28.97994, 17.73492

Resource(M)

Primary: Lithium
Discovery year: 1925

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence
First production started: 1961
Last production ended: 1985

Geology

Host rock:Vioolsdrif Suite
Host type:Diorite
Structure:Pematite Belt
Tectonic:Namaqua Mobile Belt

References

MRDSISM0503
DEP10024756
Reference{Deposit:: AUBERT,G.,1963: LE LITHIUM.--BULL.DU B.R.G.M.,NO 2,P.23-93,PARIS 1963}{Deposit:: DEJAGER,D.H.,1968:THE GEOLOGY OF THE NOUMAS PEGMATITE,NAMAQUALAND.--GEOL.SURV.SOUTH AFR. UNPUBLISHED REPORT.}{Deposit:: SCHULTE,I.C.,1972:THE MAIN PEGMATITES OF THE AREA BETWEEN STEINKOPF.........AND GOODHOUSE,NAMAQUALAND.---GEOL.SURV.SOUTH AFR.MEM.60}
ReporterCloete, Derik