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Kalahari Mn - Mamatwan, Wessels, Middelplaats, Black Rock, Gloria, Nchwaning
Northern Cape, South Africa
Main commodities: Mn




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 1986.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Beukes N J, Burger A M and Gutzmer J,  1995 - Fault-controlled hydrothermal alteration of Palaeoproterozoic manganese ore in Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese field : in    S. Afr. J. Geol.   v98 pp 430-451
De Villiers J E  1983 - The Manganese deposits of Griqualand West, South Africa: some mineralogic aspects: in    Econ. Geol.   v78 pp 1108-1118
Dixon R D,  1985 - Sugilite and associated minerals from Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese field : in    S. Afr. J. Geol.   v88 pp 11-17
Evans D A D, Gutzmer J, Beukes N J, Kirschvink J L  2001 - Paleomagnetic constraints on ages of mineralization in the Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa: in    Econ. Geol.   v96 pp 621-631
Gutzmer J and Beukes N J,  1996 - Mineral paragenesis of the Kalahari managanese field, South Africa: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v11 pp 405-428
Gutzmer J, Beukes N J  1995 - Fault-controlled metasomatic alteration of early Proterozoic sedimentary Manganese ores in the Kalahari Manganese field, South Africa: in    Econ. Geol.   v90 pp 823-844
Gutzmer J, Beukes N J and Yeh H W,  1997 - Fault-controlled metasomatic alteration of Early Proterozoic sedimentary manganese ore at Mamatwan Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa: in    S. Afr. J. Geol.   v100 pp 53-71
Gutzmer J, Beukes N J,  1997 - Effects of mass transfer, compaction and secondary porosity on hydrothermal upgrading of Paleoproterozoic sedimentary manganese ore in the Kalahari manganese field, South Africa: in    Mineralium Deposita   v32 pp 250-256
Kleyenstueber A S E,  1984 - The mineralogy of the manganese-bearing Hotazel Formation, of the Proterozoic Transvaal Sequence in Griqualand West, South Africa : in    S. Afr. J. Geol.   v87 pp 257-272
Luders V, Gutzmer J, Beukes N J  1999 - Fluid inclusion studies in cogenetic Hematite, Hausmannite, and gangue minerals from high-grade Manganese ores in the Kalahari Manganese field, South Africa: in    Econ. Geol.   v94 pp 589-596
Miyano T, Beukes N J  1987 - Physicochemical environments for the formation of Quartz-free Manganese Oxide ores from the Early Proterozoic Hotazel Formation, Kalahari Manganese field, South Africa: in    Econ. Geol.   v82 pp 706-718
Nel C J, Beukes N J, de Villiers J P R  1986 - The Mamatwan Manganese mine of the Kalahari Manganese Field: in Anhaeusser C R, Maske S, (Eds.), 1986 Mineral Deposits of South Africa Geol. Soc. South Africa, Johannesburg   v1 pp 963-978
Tsikos H and Moore J M,  1998 - The Kalahari manganese field; an enigmatic association of iron and manganese : in    S. Afr. J. Geol.   v101 pp 287-290
Tsikos H, Beukes N J, Moore J M, HarrisÊC  2003 - Deposition, Diagenesis, and Secondary Enrichment of Metals in the Paleoproterozoic Hotazel Iron Formation, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa: in    Econ. Geol.   v98 pp 1449-1462
Tsikos H, Moore J M  1997 - Petrography and geochemistry of the Paleoproterozoic Hotazel Iron-formation, Kalahari Manganese field, South Africa: implications for Precambrian Manganese metallogenesis: in    Econ. Geol.   v92 pp 87-97


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