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.