Mine detail: Okorusu Fluorspar Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-20.06368, 16.76816

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Quartz, Barium-Barite, Beryllium
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Barite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR VEIN AND TABULAR REPLACEMENT BEDS
Other material:	Apatite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Structure:

275 M. High Ridge Of Limestone, Quartzite And Related Rocks (Carbonatites)

References

MRDS	W007008
DEP	10069469
Reference	{Deposit:: CHERMETTE, A., 1964, LE SPATH-FLUOR EN AFRIQUE DU SUD: MINES ET METALLURGIE, APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 1964, P. 9}{Deposit:: GROGAN, R.M., 1974, THE ENVIRONMENTS OF DEPOSITION OF FLUORSPAR, IN A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KY. GEOL. SURV. SPECIAL PUB. 22, P. 8}{Deposit:: 1971, MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL. III: U.S. BU MINES, P. 745}{Deposit:: DEANS, T. AND OTHERS, 1972, METASOMATIC FELDSPAR ROCKS (POTASH FENITES) ASSOCIATED WITH THE FLUORITE DEPOSITS AND CARBONATITES OF AMBA DONGAR, INDIA: INST. MIN., METALL. (LONDON), FEB. *2.}{Production:: DEANS, T. AND OTHERS, 1972, METASOMATIC FELDSPAR...AMBA DONGAR}{Reserve-Resource:: 1971, MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL. III, P. 745}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.