| 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. |