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Magnetite from
Narrap Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Narrap Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:640031
Long-form Identifier:1:3:640031:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘOkiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
3.9km (2.4 miles) ⓘOkiep Mine (O'Okiep Mine), Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘKoperberg Mine, Carolusberg, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
8.6km (5.4 miles) ⓘCarolusberg No. 1 Mine, Carolusberg, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘBlue Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
14.4km (9.0 miles) ⓘNababeep Mine, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
15.2km (9.5 miles) ⓘNababeep West Mine (Nababeep Near West mine), Nababeep tungsten mines, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘTweedam Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
70.2km (43.6 miles) ⓘNorabees I pegmatite, Norrabees pegmatites I-VI, Steinkopf, Nama Khoi Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
87.8km (54.6 miles) ⓘBlack Mountain (Swartberg mine), Aggeneys, Khâi-Ma Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
References
Econ Geol. (1995) 90:1934-1954
 
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