1	-	Stein, H. J., Raith, J. G. (2000) Re-Os dating and sulfur isotope composition of molybdenite from tungsten deposits in western Namaqualand, South Africa: implications for ore genesis and the timing of metamorphism. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (8) 741-753 doi:10.1007/s001260050276
2	-	Stein, H. J., Raith, J. G. (2000) Re-Os dating and sulfur isotope composition of molybdenite from tungsten deposits in western Namaqualand, South Africa: implications for ore genesis and the timing of metamorphism. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (8) 741-753 doi:10.1007/s001260050276

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Tweedam Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

619604

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:619604:2

GUID (UUID V4):

Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite

12.1km (7.5 miles)

ⓘ Okiep Mine (O'Okiep Mine), Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

12.3km (7.6 miles)

ⓘ Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

13.1km (8.1 miles)

ⓘ Nababeep Far West Mine, Nababeep tungsten mines, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

13.7km (8.5 miles)

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

14.5km (9.0 miles)

ⓘ Nababeep West Mine (Nababeep Near West mine), Nababeep tungsten mines, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

14.9km (9.3 miles)

ⓘ Nababeep East Mine, Nababeep tungsten mines, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

15.8km (9.8 miles)

ⓘ Kliphoog Mine, Concordia, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

22.9km (14.2 miles)

ⓘ Biesies Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References

Econ Geol. (1995) 90:1934-1954

Stein, H. J., Raith, J. G. (2000) Re-Os dating and sulfur isotope composition of molybdenite from tungsten deposits in western Namaqualand, South Africa: implications for ore genesis and the timing of metamorphism. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (8) 741-753 doi:10.1007/s001260050276

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Molybdenite from Tweedam Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Molybdenite from
Tweedam Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa