Mine detail: Rosh Pinah Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-27.94666, 16.76825

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Antimony, Silver
Ore:	Bornite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Celsian, Dolomite, Quartz, Witherite
Orebody form:	STRATABOUND AND STRATIFORM TABULAR BODIES
Discovery year:	1963

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Kapok Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Argillite,Dolomite
Structure:	On W. Flank Of A Nw- Sse Trending Anticlinorium., A Single Fault Adjacent - East Of The A Orebody
Alteration processes:	Outcrops Are Well Oxidized

References

MRDS	W018949
DEP	10073117
Reference	{Deposit:: PAGE, D. C., WATSON, M. D., 1976, THE PB-ZN DEPOSIT OF ROSH PINAH MINE, SOUTH WEST AFRICA; ECON. GEOL. V 71 P. 306 - 327}{Deposit:: MENZIE AND MOSIER, 1985, GRADE, TONNAGE AND LITHOLOGIC DATA FOR SEDIMENT-HOSTED SUBMARINE EXHALATIVE ZN-PB AND SANDSTONE-HOSTED PB-ZN DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-206, 17 P.}{Deposit:: MC MILLAN, M.D., 1968, GEOLOGY OF WITPUTS - SENDELINGSDRIFT AREA: UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH UNIT, BULLETIN 4, 176 P.}{Production:: E/MJ INTL. DIR. 1975, P.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J.