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Field Trip Leader(s)
Rob Carr, Namibia

Duration: 25 September 2023

The orebodies at Onganja Mine, located 65km north-east of Windhoek, comprise a large, Neoproterozoic, sheeted vein IOCG complex hosted by Kuiseb Formation quartz-plagioclase-biotite schists. 

Ore mineralogy comprises pyrite-magnetite-chalcopyrite-gold-molybdenite in brecciated quartz veining associated with widespread albite alteration, within the core of a broad, open antiformal fold. The mine, with a 120-year history, is currently being brought back into production. The tour group will be limited to 13 people.