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Berg Aukas Mine

NA / Otjozondjupa
•-19.44703, 18.46814View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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Berg Aukas Mine is a historic mining site, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Otavi Dolomite (Dolomite). Reported specimens include Descloizite, Dolomite, Galena, Sphalerite, Willemite; logged ore minerals are Descloizite, Galena, Sphalerite, Willemite; gangue is recorded as Dolomite.

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DescloiziteDolomiteGalenaSphaleriteWillemite

Geology and deposit

Host rock
Otavi Dolomite — Dolomite
Orebody form
MASSIVE IRREGULAR, SOME DISSEMINATIONS
Ore minerals
DescloiziteGalenaSphaleriteWillemite
Gangue minerals
Dolomite
Ore control

Stratigraphic Control And Structural Control Due To Folding.

Alteration

Supergene Enrichment Of Upper Ore

Mining history

Status
Past Producer

Records and references

Cited references

PELLETIER, R. A., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH CENTRAL AFRICA; OXFORD U. PRESS, CAPETOWN, P. 129 - 130MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987. SKINNERS MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK, 1975, P. 518. SKINNERS MINING INTL. YBK. 1975, P. 517SKINNERS, 1975

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10089356 — view the source record

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Coordinates: -19.44703, 18.46814

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