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


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Phlogopite
Formula:KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Phlogopite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:612496
Long-form Identifier:1:3:612496:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Phlogopite in this Region
Blue Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Nearest other occurrences of Phlogopite
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘBlue Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
49.5km (30.7 miles) ⓘHytkoras farm, Nama Khoi Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
76.4km (47.5 miles) ⓘDabeeb farm, 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
Maier, W. D. (2000) Platinum-group elements in Cu-sulphide ores at Carolusberg and East Okiep, Namaqualand, South Africa. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (5) 422-429 doi:10.1007/s001260050253
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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