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


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Age information
Maximum recorded age:1031 Ma
Minimum recorded age:950 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
11031 to 950 MaProterozoic - Re-Os
Sample references:
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
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:840990
Long-form Identifier:1:3:840990:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Molybdenite in this Region
Biesies Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Kliphoog Mine, Concordia, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Nababeep East Mine, Nababeep tungsten mines, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Nababeep Far West Mine, 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
Tweedam Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
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
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘKliphoog Mine, Concordia, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
8.6km (5.4 miles) ⓘNababeep East Mine, Nababeep tungsten mines, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
11.8km (7.3 miles) ⓘNababeep Far West Mine, Nababeep tungsten mines, 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
35.0km (21.7 miles) ⓘBiesies Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
99.9km (62.1 miles) ⓘHaib River copper-molybdenum deposit, Tsams Farm 685, Karasburg West, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
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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