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Quartzite from
Hotson 6 Mine, Koenabib farm, Khâi-Ma Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Type:Quartzite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartzite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hotson 6 Mine, Koenabib farm, Khâi-Ma Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1609951
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1609951:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartzite
27.6km (17.2 miles) ⓘBlack Mountain (Swartberg mine), Aggeneys, Khâi-Ma Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
33.3km (20.7 miles) ⓘBroken Hill Mine, Aggeneys, Khâi-Ma Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
References
Praekelt, H. E. and A. E. Schoch, A.E. 1997. Stratigraphic synthesis of the metasediments of the Aggeneys terrane in the Namaqua Mobile Belt. South African Journal of Geology 100:85–100.
 
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