Mine detail: Brandberg West

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -21.23029, 14.61818

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence
First production started: 1933
Last production ended: 1980

Geology

Host rock:Damara System
Host type:Quartzite,Schist
Structure:Quartz Veins Occur In The Core Of An Anticline, Probably Are Related To Meso Zoic Granite.
Tectonic:Intracratonic

References

MRDSISM0548
DEP10024796
Reference{Deposit:: ANSTETT,T.F., BLEIWAS,D.F., AND HURDELBRINK,R.J., 1985, TUNGSTEN AVAILABILI TY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9025, 51P.}{Deposit:: PELLETIER,R.A., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA; CAPE TOWN, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, P. 131-132.}{Deposit:: ELLIS,M.W. AND STEVENS,C., THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF THE TERRITORY OF SOUTH-W EST AFRICA, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK 1978-79, VOL. III, AREA REP ORTS: INTERNATIONAL, P. 850.}{Deposit:: R.F. STEVENS, JR., 1973, TUNGSTEN, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1973; VOL. I., METALS, MINERALS AND FUELS, P. 1,256.}{Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1977, THE ECONOMICS OF TUNGSTEN; THIRD E DITION, LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., P. 156.}
ReporterSinclair, W.David