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Tourmaline from
Sandamap Noord gold prospect, Sandamap North Farm 115, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sandamap Noord gold prospect, Sandamap North Farm 115, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:854103
Long-form Identifier:1:3:854103:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
28.5km (17.7 miles) ⓘHakskeen Farm 89, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
30.1km (18.7 miles) ⓘPieters Hill, Erongorus Farm 166, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
34.1km (21.2 miles) ⓘUsakos tourmaline mine, Usakos, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
38.3km (23.8 miles) ⓘLattice quartz occurrence ('Gitterquarz-Fundstelle'), Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
48.5km (30.2 miles) ⓘNavachab Gold Mine, Farm Navachab, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
48.6km (30.2 miles) ⓘValencia deposit, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
65.5km (40.7 miles) ⓘEtiro pegmatite, Etiro Farm 50, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
65.7km (40.8 miles) ⓘNeuschwaben Farm 73 (Neu Schwaben), Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
67.9km (42.2 miles) ⓘArandis tin mine, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
70.3km (43.7 miles) ⓘKrantzberg Mine, Omaruru Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
References
Steven, N.M., Armstrong, R.A., Moore, J.M. (1993): The Sandamap Noord gold prospect, central Namibia: discovery of a new style of turbidite-hosted gold mineralization. International Geology Review 35, 840-854.
 
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