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Berg Aukas Mine

Producer in Namibia with commodities Lead, Vanadium, Zinc
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  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. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10305127
MAS/MILS ID 7920000011
Record type Site
Current site name Berg Aukas Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 17.33148, -19.29704 (WGS84)
Elevation 500

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Namibia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Namibia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calamine Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Willemite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) 17.33148, -19.29704
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 615M
    Depth to top 100M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #2 PIPELIKE
    Shape of Orebody #3 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1969

Mining district

District name Tsumeb

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner South-West Africa Co. Ltd
    Interest 100
    Home office S W Africa(Namibia)
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Number of Shafts 2
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 400
    Capacity Units MT COMMOD/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT COMMOD
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1973, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, THE MINING JOURNAL, LONDON

  • Deposit

    1965,PELLETIER, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA, P

  • Deposit

    1960:S, SCHWELLNUS, CM, TRANS GEOL SOC S AFRICA, VOL 48

  • Deposit

    1975, SKINNER:S MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

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