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Noumas

Occurrence in Eastern Cape, South Africa with commodity Lithium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024756
MRDS ID ISM0503
Record type Site
Current site name Noumas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 17.73492, -28.97994 (WGS84)
Relative position MINE AREA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eastern Cape(province)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
South Africa Eastern Cape

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LITHIUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Vioolsdrif Suite
    Rock description Vioolsdrif Suite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 17.73492, -28.97994
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pematite Belt

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; SPODUMENE+CLEAVELANDITE+QUARTZ; SPOD.CONFINED TO SECOND INTERMEDIATE ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Year of first production 1961
Year of last production 1985

Mining district

District name Namaqualand

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Noumas Minerals

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Period 1961-63
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^4.3%Li2o
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Lithium Lithium 4wt-pct

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ().
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(YES); EXPLORATION(UNKNOWN); ASSESSMENT(INSUFFICIENT DATA AVAILABLE;TONNAGE MAY WARRANT SMALL SCALE OPERATION.);

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBERT,G.,1963: LE LITHIUM.--BULL.DU B.R.G.M.,NO 2,P.23-93,PARIS 1963

  • Deposit

    DEJAGER,D.H.,1968:THE GEOLOGY OF THE NOUMAS PEGMATITE,NAMAQUALAND.--GEOL.SURV.SOUTH AFR. UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

  • Deposit

    SCHULTE,I.C.,1972:THE MAIN PEGMATITES OF THE AREA BETWEEN STEINKOPF.........AND GOODHOUSE,NAMAQUALAND.---GEOL.SURV.SOUTH AFR.MEM.60

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.).
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). SURFUNDERGROUND INTERMEDIATE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1986 Cloete, Derik Geological Survey of South Africa

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