Mine detail: Oamites

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Location

Lat / long:

-22.94686, 17.08484

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Covellite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1971

Geology

Host rock:	Hakos Subgrp; Marble; Quartzite, Schist;Oamites Formationn: Ore Zone; Qtzite And Cgl;Kamtsas Formationn: Qtzite And Cgl; Oldest
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Zambian Copperbelt
Tectonic:	Southern Flanc Of Precambrian Damara Eugeosyncline

References

MRDS	W032799
DEP	10081097
Reference	{Deposit:: LEE, S.D., AND GLENISTER, 1976; STRATIFORM SULFIDE MINERALIZATION OAMITES COPPER MINE, SOUTH WEST AFRICA: ECON. GEOL., V. 71, P. 369-383.}{Deposit:: E/MJ 1978; MM 1980; WAR MINERALS REPORT 1976-1977.}{Production:: E/MJ 1978.}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S.