Karibib District

Producer in Namibia with commodities Lithium, Beryllium, Rubidium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000718
MRDS ID ISM0492
Record type District
Current site name Karibib District
Alternate or previous names Gooste Mines, Rubicon, Helicon, Karlsbrunn

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 16.00152, -22.14691 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATION FROM 1:1000000-MAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Namibia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Namibia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Rubidium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 16.00152, -22.14691

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description GEOSYNCLINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1927
Year of first production 1945

Mining district

District name KARIBIB DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S.W.A.LITHIUM MINES (LTD.)
  • Type Operator
    Owner S.W.A. LITHIUM MINES (LTD.)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ROERING, C AND GEVERS,T.W.,1964: LITHIUM- AND BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITES IN THE KARIBIB DISTRICT,SOUTH WEST AFRICA.-IN:HAUGHTON,S.H.(EDITOR):THE GEOLOGY OF SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA,VOL.2,P.463-495; GEOL.SOC.SOUTH AF-RICA,JOHANNESBURG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1986 CLOETE, DERIK U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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