Otavi District

Producer in Namibia with commodities Vanadium, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000198
MRDS ID D000181
Record type District
Current site name Otavi District
Alternate or previous names Abenab Mine, Abenab-West Mine, Tsumed Mine, Tsumed West, Berg-Aukas, Baltika Mine, Cross-Otavi Deposit, Uitsab Deposit, Karavatu Area. South-West Africa Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 17.50148, -19.49703 (WGS84)
Relative position OTAVI DISTRICT (SEVERAL DEPOSITS) SOUTH-WEST AFRICA, NM VANADIUM-BEARING MINES AND DEPOSITS ARE IDENTIFIED ON A MAP AND DESCRIBED IN THE TEXT, AND UNIDENTIFIED OCCURRENCES ARE SHOWN ON THE MAP (SCHWELLNUS, C. M., 1946-SEE USGS BULL. 1316): (1) ABENAB MINE & ABENAB-WEST MINE 19 DEG. 15' S, 18 DEG. 35' E (2) TSUMEB MINE & TSUMEB-WEST MINE 19 DEG. 10' S, 17 DEG. 45' E (3) BERG-AUKAS MINE 19 DEG. 30' S, 18 DEG. 20' E (4) BALTIKA MINE 19 DEG. 40' S, 17 DEG. 35' E (5) GROSS-OTAVI DEPOSIT 19 DEG. 45' S, 17 DEG. 40' E (6) UITSAB DEPOSIT 19 DEG. 35' S, 17 DEG. 55' E (7) KARAVATU AREA 19 DEG. 10' S, 17 DEG. 30' E

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Namibia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Namibia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 17.50148, -19.49703

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name OTAVI DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SEE REFERENCES, USGS BULL. 1316, SOUTH-WEST AFRICA, OTAVI DISTRICT

Beyond USGS

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