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Berg Aukas Mine

Past Producer in Namibia with commodities Zinc, Lead, Vanadium
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089356
MRDS ID W018948
Record type Site
Current site name Berg Aukas Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 18.46814, -19.44703 (WGS84)
Relative position 19 KM. E. OF GROOTFONTEIN
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Geographic areas

Country
Namibia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Primary
Lead Primary
Vanadium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Descloizite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Willemite Ore
Dolomite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Supergene Enrichment Of Upper Ore

Analytical data

Result VANADIUM DECREASES WITH DEPTH, SO WILL BE LESS IMPORTANT AS MINING PROCEEDS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Otavi Dolomite
    Rock description Otavi Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 18.46814, -19.44703
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Ore body information

  • General form MASSIVE IRREGULAR, SOME DISSEMINATIONS
    Dip STEEP

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphic Control And Structural Control Due To Folding.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery method Ore-Mineral In Place

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner S. W. Africa Co. Ltd.
  • Type Owner
    Owner South West Africa Co. Ltd.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Total resources 1,800,000,000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 17 wt-pct Zinc Major 1973
    Lead Pb 5 wt-pct Lead Major 1973
    Vanadium V2O5 0.5 wt-pct Vanadium Major 1973

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ASSURED AND INDICATED

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 120 MET TONS ; ECON.YEAR: 1973 ; ECON.COM: 10,000 MTPM MILL

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS W018948

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PELLETIER, R. A., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH CENTRAL AFRICA; OXFORD U. PRESS, CAPETOWN, P. 129 - 130

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987.

  • Deposit

    SKINNERS MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK, 1975, P. 518.

  • Production

    SKINNERS MINING INTL. YBK. 1975, P. 517

  • Reserve-Resource

    SKINNERS, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OREBODY IS 200 M. SQUARE IN CROSS-SECTION, OVER 600 M DEEP
Deposit OPERATIONS WERE SUSPENDED IN 1986.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey