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


Locality type:Mining District
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 Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:840989
Long-form Identifier:1:3:840989:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Magnetite in this Region
Carolusberg No. 1 Mine, Carolusberg, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Koperberg Mine, Carolusberg, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
East Okiep Mine, Concordia, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Kilduncan Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Nababeep Mine, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Nababeep tungsten mines, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Nababeep West Mine (Nababeep Near West mine), Nababeep tungsten mines, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Narrap Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Okiep Mine (O'Okiep Mine), Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Blue Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Tweedam Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘOkiep Mine (O'Okiep Mine), Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘNarrap Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘBlue Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘKoperberg Mine, Carolusberg, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
9.1km (5.6 miles) ⓘCarolusberg No. 1 Mine, Carolusberg, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
11.3km (7.0 miles) ⓘNababeep Mine, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘNababeep West Mine (Nababeep Near West mine), Nababeep tungsten mines, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
12.3km (7.6 miles) ⓘTweedam Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
72.5km (45.0 miles) ⓘNorabees I pegmatite, Norrabees pegmatites I-VI, Steinkopf, Nama Khoi Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
91.5km (56.8 miles) ⓘBlack Mountain (Swartberg mine), Aggeneys, Khâi-Ma Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
References
Cairncross, Bruce (2004) History of the Okiep Copper District, Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. The Mineralogical Record, 35 (4) 289-317
Clifford, Tom N, Barton, Erika S (2012) The O’okiep Copper District, Namaqualand, South Africa: a review of the geology with emphasis on the petrogenesis of the cupriferous Koperberg Suite. Mineralium Deposita, 47. 837-857
 
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