Orkorusa Deposit

Occurrence in Namibia with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10008276
MRDS ID	D000287
Record type	Site
Current site name	Orkorusa Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	17.00151, -21.99689 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Namibia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Namibia

Comments on the location information

LAT. AND LONG. LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Iron	Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical	Tertiary
Vanadium Critical	Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	17.00151, -21.99689	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

GEOL.DESC: ORIGINALLY A TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE DEPOSIT, ALTERED TO HEMATITE AND GOETHITE (U. N., 1970)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	D000287

Bibliographic references

Deposit

U. N., 1970, IRON RESOURCES OF WORLD
Reserve-Resource

U. N., 1970

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-SEP-1973	Fischer, Richard P.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.