Karibib Marble

Producer in Namibia with commodities Marble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10023447
MRDS ID	I000417
Record type	Site
Current site name	Karibib Marble

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	15.25151, -21.93025 (WGS84)
Relative position	300 KM INLAND FROM SWAKOPMUND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Namibia(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Namibia

Comments on the location information

LOCATION IS FOR THE TOWN OF KARIBIB.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Marble, Dimension	Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

MARBLE IS USED AS DIMENSION STONE FOR BUILDING FACADES.

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Marble	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	15.25151, -21.93025	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	I000417

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MINING JOURNAL, 1989, NAMIBIAN RETURN: V. 313, NO. 8038, P. 226

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	WHITE TO COLORED MARBLE.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-OCT-1991	Orris, Greta J.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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