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Brandberg West

Occurrence in Namibia with commodity Tungsten
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024796
MRDS ID ISM0548
Record type Site
Current site name Brandberg West

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 14.61818, -21.23029 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Namibia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Namibia

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TUNGSTEN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Damara System
    Rock description Damara System

Nearby scientific data

(1) 14.61818, -21.23029
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Quartz Veins Occur In The Core Of An Anticline, Probably Are Related To Meso Zoic Granite.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; CSTR + WLFM + QRTZ; WOLFRAMITE- AND CASSITERITE-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS RANGE FROM 100 TO 300 M LO NG AND 1 TO 3 M WIDE. ORE ZONE IS ABOUT 200 M B6 100 M AND EXTENDS TO 50 M DEPT H. RATIO OF WO3:SN IS APPROXIMATELY 1:2.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1933
Year of last production 1980

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kiln Products Ltd. (Gold Fields Of South Africa)

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1978-79 WAS PRODUCING SOME 200 TPY OF TIN AND 150 TPY OF TUNGSTEN. (RF3) .

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). PRODUCED TUNGSTEN FROM MIXED TIN-TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES. AVERAGE GRADES OF C ONCENTRATES IN C 1971 WERE TIN 33.58% SN, TUNGSTEN 17.66% WO3. (RF4)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANSTETT,T.F., BLEIWAS,D.F., AND HURDELBRINK,R.J., 1985, TUNGSTEN AVAILABILI TY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9025, 51P.

  • Deposit

    PELLETIER,R.A., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA; CAPE TOWN, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, P. 131-132.

  • Deposit

    ELLIS,M.W. AND STEVENS,C., THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF THE TERRITORY OF SOUTH-W EST AFRICA, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK 1978-79, VOL. III, AREA REP ORTS: INTERNATIONAL, P. 850.

  • Deposit

    R.F. STEVENS, JR., 1973, TUNGSTEN, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1973; VOL. I., METALS, MINERALS AND FUELS, P. 1,256.

  • Deposit

    ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1977, THE ECONOMICS OF TUNGSTEN; THIRD E DITION, LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., P. 156.

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.). OPEN PIT
Deposit First Production Year: INTERMITTENT, 1933(?)-1973. OCT. 1975-80.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 Sinclair, W.David Geological Survey of Canada

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