 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pan-African, Neoproterozoic Rosh Pinah Zn-Pb deposit, southwestern Namibia D.J. Alchin Kumba Resources...Grahamstown, South Africa e-mail: J.Moore@ru.ac.za “Rosh Pinah” – The stone which the builders refused has become...genesis of the Neoproterozoic Rosh Pinah Zn-Pb deposit in southwestern Namibia. During continental rifting...rifting at ~740 Ma, an intracratonic rift (Rosh Pinah Graben) became detached from the main Gariep depository...deposits, which formed within anoxic, carbonaceous mudstone horizons in the deep rift. Mineralisation consists |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | volcano-sedimentary Koivib Mountains deposits of Namibia C. Pilote a , P.L. Corcoran a,∗ , W.U. Mueller...succession, which forms part of the Rosh Pinah Formation of southwest Namibia. Detailed sedimentary facies analysis...located along the southwest coast of Africa in Namibia (Fig. 1), represents a strategic area for studying...assemblage within this zone forms part of the Rosh Pinah Formation, for which reviews of the lithostratigraphy...lithostratigraphy and age constraints proximal to Rosh Pinah mine are provided in Frimmel et al. (2002) and Alchin |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 19 Stratigraphic setting of the metalliferous Rosh Pinah Formation and the Spitzkop and Koivib Suites...Suites in the Pan-African Gariep Belt, southwestern Namibia D.J. Alchin Kumba Resources, P O Box 1224, Postmasburg...proposed for the Neoproterozoic Rosh Pinah Formation in southwestern Namibia. The formation forms part of...hosting two major economic base metal deposits at Rosh Pinah and Skorpion. It is characterised by the presence...failed intracratonic rift graben in the east (Rosh Pinah Graben) that was separated by a basement horst |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Kingston"] at 08:22 13 August 2013 Rosh Pinah LEAD-ZINC MINE Figure 1 (above). Transparent yellow...the Rosh Pinah mine (foreground) with the village in the background. Gisela Hinder photo. Namibia 398...at 08:22 13 August 2013 he Rosh Pinah mine is located in southern Namibia, 20 kilometers north of the...and the farms Namuskluft 88 and Spitzkop III. The mine is somewhat isolated, and in order to get to it...need to be spent driving the roads in southern Namibia. The main access road branches off from the tarred |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sediment-hosted Rosh Pinah Zn-Pb-Ag deposit in the Pan African Gariep Belt, southwestern Namibia Abraham Rozendaal...ABSTRACT Limitations on the life-of-mine of the sediment-hosted Rosh Pinah deposit urged exploration for extensions...from detailed lithogeochemical traverses on the C Mine and Eastern Orefield, coupled with mineralogical...of a large (n > 400) multielement data set of the mine area, showed that the extent of wall rock alteration...Indices devised for the various lithologies of the Rosh Pinah deposit, such as the Barium Alteration Index |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | carbonate beds in the Neoproterozoic Rosh Pinah Formation, Namibia: Implications on depositional setting...altered carbonate rocks are an important host to Rosh Pinah-type base metal sulphide mineralisation in the...the PanAfrican Gariep Belt in southern Namibia. In order to elucidate the genesis and environment of formation...other being in a more distal position at the Rosh Pinah mine, revealed a primary sedimentary origin for...for the Rosh Pinah Formation. Introduction Two major base metal ore deposits, the Rosh Pinah ZnPb sulphide |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | rifting phase. While the eastern rift graben (Rosh Pinah Graben) failed, a half graben to the west evolved...growth fault along the eastern boundary of the Rosh Pinah Graben. These rocks are interpreted as representing...high (Aurus horst) that separated the failed Rosh Pinah Graben in the east from the proper Gariep Basin...9%0. Bimodal, predominantly felsic, volcanism (Rosh Pinah Formation), dated by the above mentioned single...Ocean Chameis Sub-terrane (oceanic island) Oranjemund Sub-terrane (sub-basin) IW I Port Nolloth Zone |  | | Report (chapter) | | formations, Port Nolloth Group, in South Africa and Namibia HARTWIG E. FRIMMEL1,2 1 Department of Geological...Pan-African Gariep Belt (Port Nolloth Zone) in southern Namibia and western South Africa. It contains two glaciogenic...Formations are exposed at several sites in southernmost Namibia and in the adjoining part of South Africa (Fig...from Lüderitz in Namibia, across the Orange River to the western Richtersveld region of the Northern Cape...NW –SE trending thrust fault system, with the Rosh Pinah Fault being a good example. Along those faults |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | rocks of the c. 750 Ma Rosh Pinah Formation in the Gariep Belt in southwestern Namibia, a post-glacial carbonate...carbonates from the Otavi platform in northern Namibia, which include both an older post-glacial carbonate...Cryogenian carbonates in the Gariep Belt The Rosh Pinah Formation forms part of the Hilda Subgroup in...Gariep Belt, the Port Nolloth Zone, in southwestern Namibia and western South Africa (Fig. 3). This part of...fall during which an eastern failed graben, the Rosh Pinah Graben, became separated from a western half-graben |  | | Book | | WINDHOEK ----------- MP mineral perspectives NAMIBIA This current report has been prepared by the Bureau...provide the latest available data and information on Namibia. Comments, revisions, and additional information... Thispublication hasbeencataloged asfollows: Namibia (Mineral pcrspecri vcs) Bibliography: p. 47-55...of Docs. no.: I 28.37/2: 1. Mineral indusrrics-Namibia. I. Coakley, George J. iI ! I l I I TN19...••••..••••••.•.••••.••• Rights of landowners and mine owners•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Special |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Damara Belt (Halverson et al., 2005), both in Namibia, has been interpreted as reflecting that of the...hydrothermally contaminated carbonates from the Cryogenian Rosh Pinah Formation, all from the external Gariep Belt...exists. These include carbonates of the Cryogenian Rosh Pinah Formation in the Gariep Belt, which host economic...Holgat Formation in the Gariep Belt of southern Namibia and westernmost South Africa. The Bloeddrif Member...Cryogenian, c. 750 Ma Rosh Pinah Formation in the external Gariep Belt in southwestern Namibia may serve as an |  | | Book | | systematically present the geology of each country, region and continent on Earth. Each book aims to provide...counterpart of the Oranjemund Group (Gariep Belt) cropping out in the western borders of Namibia and South Africa...concerning the tectonic and geodynamic evolution of this region during the Precambrian. Major tectonometamorphic...tectonostratigraphic domains and structures of the region are presented, together with implications for the... They emphasize the enormous potential of this region in terms of base (Cu, Pb, Zn, Co, Ni), precious |  | | Report (issue) | | MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA Director: G. I. C. Schneider in co-operation with...Data Set of Namibia: Comments on Compilation of the Data from West Central and Southern Namibia and on Anomaly...present: Geological Survey of Namibia, Windhoek 2) Geological Survey of Namibia (GSN) Obtainable from the...the Geological Survey P. O. Box 2168, Windhoek, Namibia ISBN 0-86976-402-0 Copyright reserved CONTENTS...Radiometric Anomaly Patterns and Major Geological Namibia 6.1 Map Sheets 2514 (Spencer Bay) and 2516 (Gibeon) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of fine-grained clastic D rocks (e.g., shale, mudstone) that accumulated at slow sedimentation rates...stratification. CE P relatively slow rates (e.g., mudstone); (c) presence of local or extensive planar Replacive...styles of VMS mineralization present in a particular region can be predicted from examination of the facies...are relatively unmetamorphosed and undeformed, and mine plans and TE sections clearly show the mound morphologies...conditions. Komuro et al. (2004) showed that the mudstone in the Hokuroku basin is generally massive and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rua do Lago 562, SP, Brazil d Rosh Pinah Zinc Mine, Rosh Pinah, Namibia b c a r t i c l e i n f o Article...Medium-bedded sandstone/mudstone and somewhat thinner bedded greywacke/mudstone alternations are the prevalent...Tygerberg siltstone Berg River Bio-schist Tygerberg mudstone RSA2a RSA5a RSA7a RSA13a RSA14a RSA15a RSA16a...the Richtersveld Suite and the early Gariepian Rosh Pinah magmatic district (Frimmel et al., 2001; Frimmel...Formation and Upper Oranjemund Group in the Marmora Terrane in southwestern Namibia (Basei et al., 2005) |  | | Book | | REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA - MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAMIBIA FIRST...ENERGY Of the several hundred minerals present in Namibia, around sixty have been exploited. some, such as...base metals and industrial minerals have helped Namibia rank amongst the top five mining countries in Africa...terms of production and reserves. In this context, Namibia is a major producer of copper, lead, zinc, cadmium...unpublished. It is evident that mineral exploration in Namibia, as elsewhere. has changed from serendipitous discoveries |  | | Report (issue) | | (1975) 1RLD Sllvermlnes 2.8 7.4 11. NMBA Rosh Plnah 18. 3.42 5.8 CNBC Reeves MacDonald ...shales; pyritic shale and siltstone; black shale and mudstone, calcarenite, and black, fetid limestone. Biotite...quartzite; laminated mudsIone; quartz sandstone and mudstone; siltstone; conglomerate; siltstone; quartz sandstone...and mudatone, thin bedded quartz sandstone and mudstone; quartzite. Proterozoic Ordovician Nisbet and...fanglomerate shales; sandstone with conglomerate, mudstone, and grit. Carboniferous Stephens and others |  | Leach, David L., Marsh, Erin, Emsbo, Poul, Rombach, Cameron S., Kelley, Karen D., Anthony, Mike (2004) Nature of Hydrothermal Fluids at the Shale-Hosted Red Dog Zn-Pb-Ag Deposits, Brooks Range, Alaska. Economic Geology, 99 (7) 1449-1480 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.99.7.1449 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and barite deposits in organic-rich siliceous mudstone and shale, chert, and carbonate rocks of the Carboniferous...and barite deposits in organic-rich siliceous mudstone and shale, chert, and carbonate rocks of the Carboniferous...deposit, which presently is the most productive zinc mine in 1449 1450 LEACH ET AL. 162o Husky (Robinson...Formation and Pennsylvanian-Permian chert and mudstone of the Siksikpuk Formation. Alaska Stratiform...al., 2000). the world. From the opening of the mine in 1989 until 2002, approximately 29 Mt of ore containing |  | Wu, Xiangfeng, Xu, Shumei, Wu, Shan, Li, Sanzhong, Wang, Dahua, Xiao, Yongjun, Wang, Jinduo, Somerville, Ian (2017) Main sedimentary sequences and stages of major cratonic basins during the breakup of Rodinia. Geological Journal, 52. 329-338 doi:10.1002/gj.3099 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | fluvial Gondwana and was connected to the Kimberley region of NW facies clastic sediments onto the metamorphic...association The Koivib Mountains succession of Namibia and the Anti‐Atlas in reflects ice‐proximal glacial...bimodal, but predominantly felsic volcanic rocks (Rosh Pinah several hundred metres) glaciogenic rift deposits...margin of the southern and central Appalachian region Numees Formation are correlative with the Marinoan...Ocean after Furongian times (Gasquet, Appalachian region was affected by an episode of crustal extension |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralization in the Otavi Mountain Land, Northern Namibia—a review and regional interpretation A.F. Kamona...Günzel b a b University of Namibia, Private Bag 13301, Windhoek, Namibia Ongopolo Mining Ltd., Main Street...Street, P.O. Box 40, Tsumeb, Namibia Received 16 May 2004; accepted 10 April 2006 Available online 4...Neoproterozoic Damara mobile belt in northern Namibia (Fig. 1). The northern part of the metallogenic...of the Tsumeb Subgroup is the same in northern Namibia (Table 1). However, the Mulden Group in the OML |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pangea. In the southern and central Appalachian region, basement rocks were affected by two episodes of...province of the southern and central Appalachian region, rocks that record the Proterozoic history occur...Formation grading into and interbedded with laminated mudstone of the 323 Konnarock Formation, suggesting essentially...melts interacted with the so-called “hot zone”, a region at the boundary where basaltic melts pond and interact...magmatism, and rotation of Rodinia away from the polar region, rifting and magmatism related to a second plume |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | iron ores of Otjosondu, Namibia (Viswanathan and Kielhoru, 1983), Benallt mine, near Rhiw, Caernarvonshire...re-investigation of core drilled at the Merritt Mine property on the Cuyuna North range (Grout and Wolff...range. It consists of a lower member of graphitic mudstone, which is interlayered with lesser amounts of...rocks, and an upper member of slate, graphitic mudstone, greywacke and thin iron-rich units (Southwick...North range based on core drilled at the Merritt Mine. The hyalophane occurs in the upper member of the |  | Hitzman, M. W., Reynolds, N. A., Sangster, D. F., Allen, C. R., Carman, C. E. (2003) Classification, Genesis, and Exploration Guides for Nonsulfide Zinc Deposits. Economic Geology, 98 (4) 685-714 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.98.4.685 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Zn, Zambia; 28 = Skorpion, Namibia; 29 = Berg Aukas and Abendab, Namibia; 30 = Padaeng (Mae Sot), Thailand;... In extremely arid climates, such as those in Namibia (Tsumeb deposit: Lombaard et al., 1986; Hughes...exist of tonnages and grades that can be cited Namibia Poland Silesian Crakow district Skorpion Spain...dolostone by smithsonite with minor hematite. Tucson mine, Leadville district, Colorado, United States. b...Massive smithsonite replacing limestone. Wolftone mine, Colorado, United States. c. Coarsely crystalline |  | | Book | | (mantovani@usp.br) R.McG. Miller PO Box 11222, Windhoek, Namibia (rmmiller@mweb.com.na) A. Misi Centro de Pesquisa...2004 in São Paulo (Brazil), 2005 in Windhoek (Namibia), 2006 in Punta del Este (Uruguay), 2007 in Stellenbosch...and Numees (Frimmel et al., 2002) formations of Namibia and the Jacadigo Group and Puga Formation of the...thermally subsiding basins, such as in northern Namibia, South Australia and northwestern Canada. The so-called...problematic fossil Otavia in middle Cryogenian rocks in Namibia as a sponge (Brain et al., 2001, 2003, 2008) and |  | Slack, J. F., Kelley, K. D., Anderson, V. M., Clark, J. L., Ayuso, R. A. (2004) Multistage Hydrothermal Silicification and Fe-Tl-As-Sb-Ge-REE Enrichment in the Red Dog Zn-Pb-Ag District, Northern Alaska: Geochemistry, Origin, and Exploration Applications. Economic Geology, 99 (7) 1481-1508 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.99.7.1481 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Anarraaq, Su-Lik, and other smaller deposits in the region. Total production from the start of mining in 1989..., 1998; Feltrin et al., 2003), the Rosh Pinah deposit in Namibia (Siegfried, 1990; Frimmel and Board...the Kuna Formation are black shale and siliceous mudstone, black chert, and gray calcareous radiolarite...chert; in the Okpikruak Formation are gray to black mudstone, graywacke, and polymictic conglomerate. Modified...Anarraaq, and SuLik Zn-Pb-Ag deposits. Line A-A' (mine grid 50 N) shows the location of the cross section |
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