Database name: |
World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits |
Compilers: |
R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born |
Release date: |
2015-01-27 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Klein Aub |
Political location(s): |
Namibia; Nearest community: Rehoboth (70 km SW) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
paralic marine; finely disseminated in dark argillites |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Late Proterozoic (host rocks) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone; Magma series/sedimentary package/metamorphic group: turbidite; Depositional setting: shallow marineIndividual lithologies: | argillite argillite (calcareous) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Klein Aub Formation, Sinclair Sequence Equivalent |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) finely disseminated in dark argillites; 7 known mineralized beds 1-2m thick/to 1m along strike/ 500m down dip |
References: |
Anhaeusser, C. R.; Button, A., 1973 |
A Petrographic and Mineragraphic Study of the Copper-Bearing Formations in the Witvlei Area, Southwest Africa |
Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa, Volume 76, p. 279 - 299 |
Borg, G., 1987 |
Controls on Stratabound Copper Mineralization at Klein Aub Mine and Similar Deposits within the Kalahari Copperbelt of Southwest Africa, Namibia and Botswana |
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Witswatersrand, 107 p. |
Maiden, K. J.; Innes, A. H.; King, M. J.; Master, S.; Pettitt, I., 1984 |
Regional Controls on the Localization of Stratabound Copper Deposits: Proterozoic Examples from Southern Africa and South Australia |
Precambrian Research, Volume 25, p. 99 - 118 |
Maiden, K. J.; Innes, A. H.; King, M. J.; Master, S.; Pettitt, I., 1984 |
Regional Controls on the Localization of Stratabound Copper Deposits-Proterozoic Examples from Southern Africa and South Australia |
Precambrian Research, Volume 25, p. 99 - 118 |
Miller, R. M., 1980 |
Southwest Africa/Namibia, Geological Map |
Geological Survey of the Republic of South Africa and South West Africa/Namibia |
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Production data: |
Report period: from 1967; 8,000,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: SGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 2 percent Ag: 45 grams/metric ton | Reference: Borg, G., 1986: Personal Communication Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |
Resource data: |
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported. |
10,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: original resourceGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 2 percent Ag: 45 grams/metric ton | Reference: Borg, G., 1986: Personal Communication Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
7,500,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: pre-production reserveGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 2 percent Ag: 50 grams/metric ton | Reference: Borg, G.; Maiden, K. J., 1989: The Middle Proterozoic Kalahari Copperbelt of Namibia and Botswana; in Sediment Hosted Stratiform Cu Deposits, Ottawa, May 1986, Edited by Boyle, R. W.; Brown, A. C.; Jefferson, C. W.; Jowett, E. C.; Kirkham, R. V., Special Paper, Geological Association of Canada, 36, 710 p, p. 525 - 540 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |