Elbe Onganja

Prospect in Namibia with commodities Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183475
MAS/MILS ID 7920000039
Record type Site
Current site name Elbe Onganja
Alternate or previous names Onganja Prospectelbe

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 17.5015, -22.11359 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Namibia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Namibia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Orthoclase Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) 17.5015, -22.11359

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 150M
    Depth to top 75M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 781205

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rio Tinto Co.
    Interest 100
    Year 1975

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Indicated 2900000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2900000mt ore
    Total resources 2900000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.6 wt-pct Copper Major 1989
    Silver Ag 9.6 g/mt Silver Minor 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, NAMIBIAN RETURN, 9/22/89, P.226.

  • Deposit

    1965,MARTIN,THE PRECAMBRIAN GEOL OF SW AFRICA & NAMAQUALAND

  • Deposit

    1973,MINING ANNUAL REVIEW,THE MINING JOURNAL,LONDON,P 343

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JAN-1995 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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