MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (Deluxe Limited Edition, 2 Vols.)

Johannesburg: Geological Society of South Africa, 1986

4to, xxiii + 2335pp total. Half-leather hardcover bindings, gilt lettering to spines and boards, 4 raised bands, suede-like endpapers and pastedowns, illustrated throughout with fine monochrome photos, diagrams, plans, fold-out maps, and each volume has a folded full-colour map in pocket at rear.

Limited deluxe edition of 120 copies, of which this set is no. 44

This publication was needed to update our knowledge of the 'older' mineral deposits and mineral fields and to record in detail the geology of more recent discoveries. The discovery of copper over 300 years ago in Namaqualand was followed by even more dramatic finds - diamonds in the Kimberley area; gold and uranium in the Witwatersrand conglomerates; platinum, chromite, vanadium, iron, nickel and copper within certain horizons of the unique Bushveld Complex; iron, manganese and asbestos within the Transvaal sequence; and last, the large coal deposits within the Karoo sequence. This discoveries prompted further exploration which lead to the establishment of rich diamond mines in South West Africa/Namibia and Botswana, uranium in South West Africa/Namibia, nickel in Zimbabwe, and copper, tin and other base metal mines in other parts of Southern Africa. Volume one contains 79 papers. Two introductory papers are followed by 36 papers describing various Archaean mineral deposits. Volume two contains 100 papers and commences with 25 papers dealing with aspects of mineralization. Descriptions of mineral deposits from various metamorphic mobile belts in Southern Africa are included in 22 papers. Late Proterozoic mineral deposits from South West Africa/Namibia are described in a series of 11 papers. The Phanerozoic deposits of the Karoo Sequence are discussed in 29 papers, followed by 7 papers describing mineralization associated with carbonatites and alkaline rocks. The final four papers discuss mineral occurences extending through to Recent Times, including present-day surficial deposits. (https://inis.iaea.org/records/d7jyh-9wn88)

Condition: Very good. Light rubbing, and spots of superficial wear to boards, minor soiling to rear board of vol. 1. Small spots of slight scuffing to leather binding. Very slight bowing to boards of both volumes. Slight yellowing towards edges of pages. Both volumes’ texts, photographs and maps are clean. Both volumes are solidly bound.

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