Locality type: Mine Classification Species: Bornite Formula: Cu5 FeS4 Confirmation Validity: Believed Valid Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: Chalcopyrite 127 Dolomite 86 Chalcocite 67 Tennantite Subgroup 45 Cuprite 40 Digenite 33 Quartz 31 Galena 28 Sphalerite 23 Calcite 21 Pyrite 12 Renierite 9 Germanite 9 Native Silver 9 Goethite 8 Stromeyerite 6 Covellite 5 Malachite 4 Smithsonite 3 Gallite 3 Baryte 3 Zincolivenite 3 Schulténite 3 Galloplumbogummite 1 Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Bornite data Locality Data: Click here to view Tsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia Photo Gallery View Gallery (27 photos) Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 13299 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:13299:2 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Nearest other occurrences of Bornite
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘ Tsumeb smelter slag locality, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia 4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘ Tsumeb West Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia 22.4km (13.9 miles) ⓘ Tschudi Mine, Guinas, Oshikoto Region, Namibia 38.0km (23.6 miles) ⓘ Khusib Springs Mine (Khuiseb Springs Mine), Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia 45.0km (28.0 miles) ⓘ Auros Farm 595, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia 50.1km (31.2 miles) ⓘ Kupferberg Mine, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia 50.7km (31.5 miles) ⓘ Gross Otavi Mine (Gross Otavi prospect), Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia 53.6km (33.3 miles) ⓘ Kombat Mine, Kombat, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
References Kamona, A. F., Lévêque, J., Friedrich, G., Haack, U. (1999) Lead isotopes of the carbonate-hosted Kabwe, Tsumeb, and Kipushi Pb-Zn-Cu sulphide deposits in relation to Pan African orogenesis in the Damaran-Lufilian Fold Belt of Central Africa. Mineralium Deposita , 34 (3). 273-283 doi:10.1007/s001260050203 Search for references including Bornite Tsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia