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... Mines . After Namibia had become a German colony , the " Deutsche Kolo- nialgesellschaft für Südwestafrika " was founded in 1885 with the aim to explore for minerals and the first mining ordinance was promulgated in 1888. The limited ...
... Mines . After Namibia had become a German colony , the " Deutsche Kolo- nialgesellschaft für Südwestafrika " was founded in 1885 with the aim to explore for minerals and the first mining ordinance was promulgated in 1888. The limited ...
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... mining in Namibia . The most important developments of the more recent past are the open- ing of the Rössing uranium mine in 1976 , the development of mining methods to recover diamonds from the sea floor since the late 1960s , and the ...
... mining in Namibia . The most important developments of the more recent past are the open- ing of the Rössing uranium mine in 1976 , the development of mining methods to recover diamonds from the sea floor since the late 1960s , and the ...
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Gabi Schneider. The diversity of Namibia's mines reflects the wide variety of metallo- genic provinces . The diamond mines are by far the most important mining operations in the country . The precious stones have accumulated in alluvial ...
Gabi Schneider. The diversity of Namibia's mines reflects the wide variety of metallo- genic provinces . The diamond mines are by far the most important mining operations in the country . The precious stones have accumulated in alluvial ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Namibia from the Archaean to the Cenozoic | 9 |
An overview of the Namibian mineralogy | 23 |
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amphibolites basalts Belt Brandberg Brukkaros calcrete Cenozoic Cenozoic sediments column for route composed conglomerate Craton Cretaceous crossed Damara Damara Granite Damara Orogen Damara Sequence deposits diamond dolerite dolomite dunes Dwyka Formation dykes Erongo Escarpment Etendeka Etjo Fault Fish River Subgroup fossils Geological gneisses Grootfontein Hakos Group Henties Bay hills Hohewarte Complex Huab intruded Kalahari Basin Kalahari Group Karibib Karoo Sequence Keetmanshoop Kuibis Subgroup Kuiseb Formation Kunene landscape layers limestone Lüderitz Maltahöhe marble Mesoproterozoic metamorphic meteorite minerals Mulden Group Namaqualand Namaqualand Complex Namib Desert Namibia Nappe Naukluft northern Nosib Group occur Okahandja Omaruru Orange River Otavi Otavi Group Otjiwarongo outcrops Outjo overlain overlying PALAEOPROTEROZOIC pegmatites peneplain prominent quartz latite quartzite ridge road continues road cuts rocks sand sandstone schist Schwarzrand Subgroup seen Sesfontein shale sills Sinclair Sequence Spitzkuppe Swakop Group Swakopmund terrane underlain thrust Tsondab Tsumeb Tsumeb Subgroup turn-off Ugab underlain by Cenozoic valley volcanic Windhoek Zone