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Stein, H. J., Raith, J. G. (2000) Re-Os dating and sulfur isotope composition of molybdenite from tungsten deposits in western Namaqualand, South Africa: implications for ore genesis and the timing of metamorphism. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (8) 741-753 doi:10.1007/s001260050276

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TitleRe-Os dating and sulfur isotope composition of molybdenite from tungsten deposits in western Namaqualand, South Africa: implications for ore genesis and the timing of metamorphism
JournalMineralium Deposita
AuthorsStein, H. J.Author
Raith, J. G.Author
Year2000 (November 8)Volume35
Issue8
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC
DOIdoi:10.1007/s001260050276Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceStein, H. J., Raith, J. G. (2000) Re-Os dating and sulfur isotope composition of molybdenite from tungsten deposits in western Namaqualand, South Africa: implications for ore genesis and the timing of metamorphism. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (8) 741-753 doi:10.1007/s001260050276
Plain TextStein, H. J., Raith, J. G. (2000) Re-Os dating and sulfur isotope composition of molybdenite from tungsten deposits in western Namaqualand, South Africa: implications for ore genesis and the timing of metamorphism. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (8) 741-753 doi:10.1007/s001260050276
In(2000, November) Mineralium Deposita Vol. 35 (8) Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Biesies Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Kliphoog Mine, Concordia, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Nababeep tungsten mines, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Nababeep East Mine, Nababeep tungsten mines, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Nababeep Far West Mine, Nababeep tungsten mines, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Nababeep West Mine (Nababeep Near West mine), Nababeep tungsten mines, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Narrap Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Tweedam Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

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LocalityMineral(s)
Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africaⓘ Molybdenite
Biesies Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africaⓘ Quartz, ⓘ Scheelite, ⓘ Wolframite Group
Kliphoog Mine, Concordia, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africaⓘ Biotite, ⓘ Bismuthinite, ⓘ Bornite, ⓘ Chalcocite, ⓘ Chalcopyrite, ⓘ Covellite, ⓘ Garnet Group, ⓘ Ilmenite, ⓘ Molybdenite, ⓘ Pyrite, ⓘ Quartz, ⓘ Scheelite, ⓘ Sillimanite, ⓘ Sphalerite, ⓘ Wolframite Group
Nababeep tungsten mines, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africaⓘ Biotite, ⓘ Bismuthinite, ⓘ Covellite, ⓘ Garnet Group, ⓘ Ilmenite, ⓘ Magnetite, ⓘ Monazite Group, ⓘ Rutile, ⓘ Sillimanite, ⓘ Zircon
Nababeep East Mine, Nababeep tungsten mines, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africaⓘ Molybdenite, ⓘ Quartz, ⓘ Wolframite Group
Nababeep Far West Mine, Nababeep tungsten mines, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africaⓘ Molybdenite, ⓘ Quartz, ⓘ Wolframite Group
Nababeep West Mine (Nababeep Near West mine), Nababeep tungsten mines, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africaⓘ Molybdenite, ⓘ Native Bismuth
Narrap Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africaⓘ Apatite, ⓘ Biotite, ⓘ Garnet Group, ⓘ Molybdenite, ⓘ Quartz, ⓘ Sillimanite, ⓘ Wolframite Group
Tweedam Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africaⓘ Bornite, ⓘ Chalcopyrite, ⓘ Covellite, ⓘ Garnet Group, ⓘ Ilmenite, ⓘ Molybdenite, ⓘ Quartz, ⓘ Wolframite Group

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Stein, H. J., Sundblad, K., Markey, R. J., Morgan, J. W., Motuza, G. (1998) Re-Os ages for Archean molybdenite and pyrite, Kuittila-Kivisuo, Finland and Proterozoic molybdenite, Kabeliai, Lithuania: testing the chronometer in a metamorphic and metasomatic setting. Mineralium Deposita, 33 (4) 329-345 doi:10.1007/s001260050153
Morgan, J. W., Stein, H. J., Hannah, J. L., Markey, R. J., Wiszniewska, J. (2000) Re-Os study of Fe-Ti-V oxide and Fe-Cu-Ni sulfide deposits, Suwałki Anorthosite Massif, northeast Poland. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (5) 391-401 doi:10.1007/s001260050251
Bierlein, F. P., McNaughton, N. J. (1998) Pb isotope fingerprinting of mesothermal gold deposits from central Victoria, Australia: implications for ore genesis. Mineralium Deposita, 33 (6) 633-638 doi:10.1007/s001260050178
Langthaler, K. J., Raith, J. G., Cornell, D. H., Stein, H. J., Melcher, F. (2004) Molybdenum mineralization at Alpeiner Scharte, Tyrol (Austria): results of in-situ U-Pb zircon and Re-Os molybdenite dating. Mineralogy and Petrology, 82 (1-2). 33-64 doi:10.1007/s00710-004-0048-2
Longsheng Zhang, Jiantang Peng, A'xiang Hu, Fangmei Lin, and Ting Zhang (2014): Re-Os dating of molybdenite from Darongxi tungsten deposit in western Hunan and its geological implications. Mineral Deposits 33(1), 181-189 (in Chinese with English abstract).
RAITH, J. G., HARLEY, S. L. (1998) Low‐ P  / high‐ T metamorphism in the Okiep Copper District, western Namaqualand, South Africa. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 16 (2) 281-305 doi:10.1111/j.1525-1314.1998.00131.x
Maier, W. D. (2000) Platinum-group elements in Cu-sulphide ores at Carolusberg and East Okiep, Namaqualand, South Africa. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (5) 422-429 doi:10.1007/s001260050253
von Plehwe-Leisen, E., Klemm, D. D. (1995) Geology and ore genesis of the manganese ore deposits of the Postmasburg manganese-field, South Africa. Mineralium Deposita, 30 (3) 257-267 doi:10.1007/bf00196361
Wanhainen, Christina, Billström, Kjell, Martinsson, Olof, Stein, Holly, Nordin, Roger (2005) 160 Ma of magmatic/hydrothermal and metamorphic activity in the Gällivare area: Re–Os dating of molybdenite and U–Pb dating of titanite from the Aitik Cu–Au–Ag deposit, northern Sweden. Mineralium Deposita, 40 (4) 435-447 doi:10.1007/s00126-005-0006-x
Garrido, M. et al. (2008): Late Carboniferous porphyry copper mineralization at La Voluntad, Neuquén, Argentina: Constraints from Re–Os molybdenite dating. Mineralium Deposita 43, 591-597.
 
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