Location: | Namibia, Africa |
Lat / long: | -22.41357, 15.01819 |
dep_id: | 10081098 |
mrds_id: | W032800 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Uranium |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Producer |
ore: | Monazite, Uraninite |
gangue: | Apatite, Sphene, Torbernite, Zircon |
orebody_fm: | ELONGATE, TABULAR, IRREGULAR |
alteration: | Dynamothermal Metamorphism |
conc_proc: | Uraniferous Syntectic Alaskite |
ore_ctrl: | Migmatite |
Reporter: | Gassaway, Judith S. |
hrock_unit: | Rossing Formation-Metasediments;Kahn Formation-Px-Hbl Gneiss |
hrock_type: | Marble,Schist,Gneiss,Limestone |
arock_type: | Mafic Intrusive Rock,Granite |
Structure: | Late Prec Damara Orogenic Belt, Large Granite Pluton With Assoc. Dikes. |
Year first produced: | 1976 |
disc_yr: | 1928 |
discr: | Captain And Mrs. Peter Louv |
References: |
- Deposit:: BERNING, J., ET. AL., 1976, THE ROSSING URANIUM DEPOSIT, SOUTH WEST AFRICA: ECON. GEOL., V.71, P.351-368.
- Deposit:: E/MJ 1978; MM 1980; WAR MINERALS REPORT 1976-1977.
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