2.18 MINES IN NAMIBIA |
Data ID |
Description: | Location of active and dormant mines in Namibia |
Chapter: | 2 Physical geography |
File name: | Mines in Namibia |
File type: | ArcView shapefile |
Geographical area: | Namibia |
Keywords: | mines |
| mineral |
| extraction |
| deposits |
Notes on data, analysis and | Information supplied by the Geological Survey of Namibia and NAMCOR. |
compilation: | |
| The following commodity codes are used: silver Ag; amethyst Am; gold Au; beryllium Be; caesium \cs; copper Cu; |
| diamonds di; fluorite flu; gas gas; salt hal; lithium Li; manganese Mn; niobium Nb; lead Pb; sodalite sda; tin Sn; tantalum |
| Ta; titanium Ti; tourmaline tu; uranium U; vanadium V; tungsten W; zinc Zn. |
Data quality and organisation |
Positional Accuracy: |
Vector/Raster: | Vector |
Spatial reference |
Projection: | Geographic |
Fields |
Field name | Field description |
DEPOSIT_NO | Deposit (GSN) number |
NAME | Name of mine |
COMMODITY | Commodity code (see data id tab) |
STATUS | Mine status: dormant or active |
SYMCODE | Symbol code - used in ArcInfo by Geological Survey |
Source/Distribution |
Data Source: | Geological Survey of Namibia and NAMCOR |
Contact: | Dr G. Schneider |
Online/Offline Address: | Geological Survey of Namibia |
| Ministry of Mines & Energy |
| 1 Aviation Road |
| P.O.Box 2168 |
| Windhoek |
Distribution notes: | Unrestricted but use of the map requires full acknowledgement to the Geological Survey and data cannot be used for |
| commercial purposes. |