Mine detail: Karibib District

Previously called 'HeliconRubiconGooste MinesKarlsbrunn'

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Location

Lat / long: -22.14691, 16.00152

Resource(M)

Primary: Rubidium, Beryllium, Lithium
Discovery year: 1927

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: PEGMATITE, ZONED, MAGMATIC
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1945

Geology

Structure:GEOSYNCLINE

References

MRDSISM0492
DEP60000718
Reference{Deposit:: AUBERT, G.,1963: LE LITHIUM.--BULL.DU B.R.G.M.,NO 2,P.23-93,PARIS 1963}{Deposit:: ROERING, C AND GEVERS,T.W.,1964: LITHIUM- AND BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITES IN THE KARIBIB DISTRICT,SOUTH WEST AFRICA.-IN:HAUGHTON,S.H.(EDITOR):THE GEOLOGY OF SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA,VOL.2,P.463-495; GEOL.SOC.SOUTH AF-RICA,JOHANNESBURG.}
ReporterCLOETE, DERIK