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... developed . Rosh Pinah , one of the largest zinc deposits in southern Africa , was discovered in 1964 and at this time the Uis tin mine developed into the largest hard rock tin mine in the World . With the Otjosondu manganese mine and ...
... developed . Rosh Pinah , one of the largest zinc deposits in southern Africa , was discovered in 1964 and at this time the Uis tin mine developed into the largest hard rock tin mine in the World . With the Otjosondu manganese mine and ...
Page 127
... developed from an intra - continental rift into a narrow ocean , where the wide- spread greywacke succession of the Kuiseb Formation , now metamorphosed into schist , was deposited . The schist forms a highly thrusted , kyanite ...
... developed from an intra - continental rift into a narrow ocean , where the wide- spread greywacke succession of the Kuiseb Formation , now metamorphosed into schist , was deposited . The schist forms a highly thrusted , kyanite ...
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... developed aeolian cross bedding . Good outcrops of Etjo sand- stone occur close to the road , whilst ahead , the hills have a different morphology from the surrounding Karoo rocks , and are composed of schist of the Damara Sequence ...
... developed aeolian cross bedding . Good outcrops of Etjo sand- stone occur close to the road , whilst ahead , the hills have a different morphology from the surrounding Karoo rocks , and are composed of schist of the Damara Sequence ...
Contents
Namibia from the Archaean to the Cenozoic | 9 |
An overview of the Namibian mineralogy | 23 |
Present mineral production and exploration | 29 |
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amphibolites basalts Belt Brandberg Brukkaros calcrete Cenozoic Cenozoic sediments column for route composed conglomerate Craton Cretaceous crossed 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