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

MRDSW018949
DEP10073117
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.}
ReporterSchruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J.