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When ordering from this catalog, please refer to this catalog number:

Catalog:  # 2 / Africa / 2010

Most publications below (in this catalog only) are listed in the original Country name as found on the publications. 

The exception to this are those publications from French West Africa which are listed (when available) as: Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Upper Volta (Burkina Faso) and Dahomey (Benin) and Niger.


Mineralogical Records pertaining to Africa, listed by volume, issue, topic, price:

8, 3  /  Tsumeb!, $ 85
9, 3 /   The Kalahari Manganese Field, Cape Province, $ 10
11, 6 /  The Broken Hill Mine, Zambia, $ 15
13, 3 /  Tsumeb! New Minerals and their Associations, $ 10
18, 3 /  Geological Survey of South Africa Museum, $ 15
20, 4 /  Katanga: Uranium Deposits of the Shaba Region, Zaire, $ 20
22, 3 /  The Messina Mining District, So. Africa, $ 15
26, 3 /  The Kipushi Mine, Zaire, $ 15
27, 2 /  The Onganja Mining District, Namibia, $ 16
28, 2 /  Otari Mountain Land Cu-Pb-Zn-V Deposits, Namibia, $ 15
30, 4 /  Cobalt Minerals of the Katanga Crescent, Congo, $ 15


Publications of the United States Geological Survey related to Mining / Mineralogy / Geology of Africa:

B 1487 / Van Alstine, R. E. and Schruben, P. G. / FLUOROSPAR RESOURCES OF AFRICA, 1980, pb, 25 pages, 1 plate (in pocket), 3 figs., 4 tables, $ 10


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Algeria:

19th Congréss Géologique International / ATLAS PHOTOGRAPHIQUE D’ALGERII, Alger, 1952, pb, 84 illustrations, 1 map (in pocket), 9 plates (in pocket), - 3 -, $ 28


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Angola:

Mouta, F. and O’Odonnell, H. / CARTE GÉOLOGIQUE DE L’ ANGOLA, 1/2,000,000, Republica Portuguesa, Colona de Angola, Amadora, 1933, pb, 87 p., 12 planches, carte, signed by author, - 3 -, $ 95


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Cameroun:

B 1 / Roch, E. and Jeremine, E. / ITINÉRAORES GÉOLOGIQUES DANS DE NORD DU CAMEROUS ET LE SUD-OUEST DU TERRITOIRE DU TCHAD, Paris, 1953, pb, 131 pages, 17 planche, 13 figs., - 5 -, $ 95

R 3 / Weedksteen, G., et.al. / RAPPORT ANNUEL DU SERVICE GÉOLOGIQUE, Paris, 1954, pb, 128 pages, numerous illustrations, - 5 -, $ 45 [Hydrogéologie, prospection de l’ensemble économique, les massifs volcaniques, géologique du Cameron....]

Weecksteen, G. / NOTICE EXPLICATIVE SUR LA FEUILLE DOUALA-EST, Paris, 1957, pb, 35 pages, carte, - 5 -, $ 26


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of the Republic of the Congo [Zaire, Katanga]:

B 7, Fascicule 3 / Snel, M .J. / STATISTIQUES SUR L’UTILISATION DE L’EAU DANS L’INDUSTRIE AU CONGO BELGE ET AU RUANDA-URUNDI, pb, 34 pages, - 3 -, $ 9

B 7, Fascicule 5 / Bertossa, A. and Thonnard, P. / ETUDE GEOLOGIQUE DE LA REGION MATADI INGA-MONOLITHE, pb, 12 pages, 1 geologic map (in color), - 5 -, $ 10

Cahen, L.  /  GEOLOGIE DU CONGO BELGE, Liege, 1954, cl, 577 pages, - 5 -, endplates replaced, small two inch crack along front board, ovg, $ 180

Egoroff, J. A. / SERVICE GEOLOGIQUE LÉOPOLDVILLE, 1948, afb, 145 pages, illustrations, - 3 -, $ 45 [Contents: Ressources minérales du Congo; Deux aspects l’érosin au Congo; Un trait de géographic physique au Bas-Congo; Contribution a létude de la fauna malacologique des terasses de la régions des lacs Edouard et Kivu, more....]

Jones, L., Mathieu, P. L., and Strenger, H. / GRAVIMETRIE: RESULTATS SCIENTIFIQUES DES MISSIONS DU SYNDICAT POUR L’ETUDE GEOLOGIQUE ET MINIERE DE LA CUVETTE CONGOLAISE ET TRAVAUX CONNEXES, Tervuren, 1960, pb, 46 pp., 3 annexe, 13 figs., 2 carte (planches hors texte), - 5 -, $ 36

Prigogine, A. / CONCENTRATION DES MINERAIS DE WOLFRAM ET DE NIOBIUM-TANTALE AU CONGO BELGE ET AU RUANDA-URUNDI, Bruxelles, 1956, pb, 191 pages, 19 figs., 29 tableau, 1 planche, - 5 -, $ 45

Stanley, H. M. / UNION MINIERE DU HAUT-KATANGA, Monograph, Brussels, 1954, pb, 154 pages, - 3 -, $ 50

Wambeke, L. V. / A STUDY OF SOME NIOBIUM-BEARING MINERALS OF THE LUESHE CARBONATITE DEPOSIT, Kivu, Republic of the Congo, New Delhi, 1964, 1964, pb, 31 pages, 16 tables, 6 figs., $ 25


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Donegal:

Pitcher, W. S. and Berger, A. R. / THE GEOLOGY OF DONEGAL, A STUDY OF GRANITE EMPLACEMENT AND UNROOFING, New York, 1972, cl, 435 pages, - 3 -, $ 245 [18 chapters, bibliography, index; topics: Geosynclinal pile and its deformation; Dolerite sills; Caledonian regional structure and metamorphism; The Thorr Pluton; The Fanad Pluton; The Appinite Suite; Diapiric Intrusion; Rosses Centered Complex; Barnesmore Pluton, more...]


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Egypt:

Riva, E., et.al. / PACKAGE OF 19 PETROLEUM PAPERS / STUDIES / CONFERENCES BY BRITISH GAS, EGYPTIAN GENERAL PETROLEUM, GENERAL PETROLEUM, WESTERN DESERT OPERATING PETROLEUM, LEOC CO., INC., KHALDA / HALLIBURTON, WESTERN ATLAS INTERNATIONAL, Titles of papers include: 1) Planktonic foraminiferal zonation of the Neogene offshore area, North Sinai; 2) Seismic stratigraphy study of the Cretaceous Bahariya Formation, South Umbarka Concession, Western Desert, Eqypt; 3) Time analysis of 3D data acquisition in the Gulf of Suez; 4) Near surface geochemical hydrocarbon detection in Zaafarane Area, Gulf of Suez; 5) Evidence of a Pre-Rift compression event during upper Cretaceous time; 6) Analysis of gravity and magnetic data acquired with 3D seismic surveys, Gulf of Suez; 7) Magnetic interpretation controlled by interactive 3D modelling: The Ashrafi Field Case History; 8) Model studies in Mersa Alam, offshore area, Red Sea, Eqypt; 9) Looking for thin bed reservoirs: Case Histories and interpretation methods; 10) The effect of mineralogy on water saturation and productivity of Khalda Oil Field; 11) Structural imaging with Prestack Depth Migration: A Gulf of Suez Case History; 12) Environmental interpretation and geological setting of Kareem Formation....; 13) Hydrocarbon potential of the West Gindi area; 14) The Agnes gravity / magnetic anomaly: Implications for potential field geophysics....; 15) Crestal gas injection application in the Mullipore Reefal Limestone, Ras Gharib Field; 16) Review of the stratigraphy and tectonic framework of the West El Gindi area, West Desert; 17) Seismic stratigraphic case history in the Western Desert of Egypt; and 18) The main fault trends in the Gulf of Suez and their role in oil entrapment, spiral bound, various dates, - 5 -, $ 200

Watts. Griffis and McOuat, Ltd. / THE MINERAL POTENTIAL OF EGYPT, Toronto, 1978, spiral bound, 63 pages, 5 appendices, 3 maps (in pocket), - 3 -, $ 26


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Ethiopia:

Assefa, G. / STRATIGRAPHY AND SEDIMENTATION OF THE TYPE GOHATSION FORMATION (LIAS-MALM), ABBAY RIVER BASIN, ETHIOPIA, In SINET: An Ethiopian Journal of Science, Volume 3, No. 2, pages 87 - 110, 1980, pb, - 3 -, $ 12 [Other articles: Petrology of Sulphide Mineralization in the Tuscarora Intrusion, Duluth Complex, Minnesota; A Limnological Note on Lake Chalekleka, Ethiopia, more...]


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Ghana:

B 20 / Tevendale, W. B. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE VOLTA RIVER PROJECT, London, 1957, cl, 119 pages, 19 maps and plans (16 in pocket), 15 plates, - 5 -, $ 65 [The Volta River Project was designed to dam the Volta and build a hydroelectric plant and use the power to smelt Ghana bauxite]

Kesse, G. D. / BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF GHANA, Accra, 1974, 28 pages, 7 figs. (in pocket), 8 tables (3 in pocket), - 3 -, $ 30


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Guinea:

Band, L. / CARTE GÉOLOGIQUE DE RECONNAISSANCE (1:500,000) SUR LA FEUILLE KITA-EST, Dakar, 1950, pb, 16 pages, 1 geological map, - 5 -, $ 20


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Kenya:

Saggerson, E. P. and Miller, J. M. / GEOLOGY OF THE TAKABBA-WERGUDUD AREA, MANDERA DISTRICT with an appendix on fossils collected in the area, Nairobi, 1955, pb, 42 pages, 6 figs., (1 loose figure), 10 plates, 2 separate geologic maps of the area, - 5 -, $ 34


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Liberia:

Thorman, C. H. / GEOLOGY OF THE MONTROVIA QUADRANGLE, LIBERIA, USGS OFR 74-305, Reston, 1974, pb, 18 pages, 1 map in pocket, - 5 -, $ 25

White, R. W. / STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF BASINS ON THE COAST OF LIBERIA, Monrovia, 1972, pb, 14 pages, 2 plate (1 in pocket), 2 figs., 2 tables, - 5 -, $ 20


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Libya:

Lehmann, E. P., et.al. / MICROFACIES OF LIBYA, Amsterdam, 1967, cl, 80 pages, - 5 -, $ 45 [Book contains thin sections of sedimentary rock of special interest in petroleum exploration]


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Madagascar:

Hourcq, V. / Annales Géologiques du service des mines, Fascicule, No. 20 - LES TERRAINS SÉDIMENTARIES DE LA RÉGION DE MORONDAVA (MADAGASCAR), Paris, 1950, pb, 109 pages, 1 plate, 23 figs., 1 carte géologique, - 5 -, $ 45


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Malawi:

B 15 / Garson, M. S. / CARBONATITES IN SOUTHERN MALAWI, Zomba, 1963, cl, 128 pages, 5 plates, - 5 -, $ 45

M 3 / Garson, M. S. / CARBONATITE AND AGGLOMERATE VEINS IN THE WESTERN SHIRE VALLEY, Zomba, 1963, cl, 167 pages, 8 plates in text, 3 plates in pocket, - 5 -, $ 65


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Mali

B 1 / Villemur, J. R. / RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIQUE ET STRUCTURALE DU NORD DU BASSIN DE TAOUDENNI, Dakar, 1967, afb, 151, XIX planche, 4 carte, - 5 -, $ 28

Baud, L. / NOTICE EXPLICATIVE SUR LA FEUILLE KAYES - EST, Carte Géoloque de Reconnaissance, a l’échelle du 500.000, Dakar, 1950, pb, 33 pages, 1 plate (in pocket), - 5 -, $ 15

Baud, L. / NOTICE EXPLICATIVE SUR LA FEUILLE KAYES - OUEST, Carte Géoloque de Reconnaissance, a l’échelle du 500.000, Dakar, 1950, pb, 38 pages, 1 plate (in pocket), - 5 -, $ 15

Palausi, G. / CARTE GEOLOGIQUE DE RECONNAISSANCE L’ÉCHELLE DU 500,000, LEVÉS EFFECTUÉS DE 1950 1955, Notice Explicative sur la feuille Mopti-est (no ND 30 N.O.E. 65), Grande Imprimerie Africaine, Dakar, 1959, 48 pages, 1 map in pocket, - 5 -, $ 28


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Morocco:

Notes et Memoirs du Maroc -

# 30 / LaCoste, J. / CARTE GÉOLOGIQUE PROVISOIRE DELA RÉGION RIFAINE MÉRIDIONALE, Rabat, 1935, pb, 25 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

# 33 / Termier, H. / ÉTUDES GÉOLOGIQUES SUR LE MAROC CENTRAL ET LE MOYEN ATLAS SEPTENTRIONAL, TOME II. LES TERRAINES POST-TRIASIQUES, Rabat, 1936, pb, pages 747 - 1082, - 5 -, $ 160

# 54 / Bourcart, J. and Roch, E. / CARTÉ GÉOLOGIQUE PROVISOIRE DES RÉGIONS D’OUAOUIZARHT ET DE DADÈS, 1:200,000, Laval, 1942, pb, 36 pages, 2 figs., map, - 5 -, $ 20

# 55 / Roch, E. / CARTE GÉOLOGIQUE PROVISIORE DES RÉGIONS DE DEMNAT ET DE TELOUET, echelle au 1/200,000, Laval, 1941, 38 pages, 1 figure, 1 plate (map), - 5 -, $ 28

# 58 / Bourcart, J. /  CARTE GÉOLOGIQUE D'EXPLORATION DU TERRITOIRE AUTONOME DU TADLA, echelle au 1/200,000, Laval, 1942, 47 pages, 1 figure, 1 fold-out plate, $ 28

# 100 / Choubert, G., et.al. / GÉOLOGIE DU MAROC, Fasciculi I, APERCU STRUCTURAL & HISTOIRE GÉOLOGIQUE DU DOMAINE DE L’ANTI-ATLAS, Casablanca, 1952, pb, 194 pages, - 5 -, $ 65


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Namibia:

Grotzinger, J. P. / STRATIGRAPHY, FACIES AND PALEO-ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING OF A TERMINAL PROTEROZOIC CARBONATE RAMP, NAMA GROUP (CA. 550-543 MA), NAMIBIA, Field Guide of the 16th International Sedimentological Conference, 2002, spiral bound, 71 pages, 33 figs., - 1 -, $ 35

Hoffman, P. F. / CARBONATES BOUNDING GLACIAL DEPOSITS: EVIDENCE FOR SNOWBALL EARTH EPISODES AND GREEHOUSE AFTERMATHS IN THE NEOPROTEROZOIC OTAVI GROUP IN NORTHERN NAMIBIA, Field Guide of the 16th International Sedimentological Conference, 2002, spiral bound, 39 pages, 19 figs., - 1 -, $ 20


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Nigeria:

Jacobson, R. R. E., et. al. / RING-COMPLEXES IN THE YOUNGER GRANITE PROVINCE OF NORTHERN NIGERIA, In: Geological Society of London, Memoir # 1, London, 1958, pb, 72 pages, 6 plates, 2 maps, 13 figs., - 5 -, $ 36

Jones, H. A., et.al. / THE GEOLOGY OF PART OF SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA, Explanation of 1:250,000 Sheets Nos. 59 and 68, Kaduna South, 1964, pb, 87 pages, 8 plates, 16 figs., 2 map plates (in pocket), - 5 -, $ 50

Musa, B. S. / MINERAL AND INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA WITH NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY IN NIGERIA, Lagos, 1987, pb, 60 pages, - 3 -, $ 20 ]Includes a summary of mineral resource of Nigeria]


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Northern Rhodesia [Became Zambia in 1964]:

Binda, P. L., et.al. / SEDIMENTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE ON THE ORIGIN OF THE PRECAMBRIAN GREAT CONGLOMERATE, In: Paleo-Geography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, Volume 12, # 3, 1972, Amsterdam, 192, pb, - 3 -, $ 10 [Other articles in this issue: Late Pleistocene Calcareous nannofossils in the Caribbean and their interoceanic correlation: Transport, breakage and sorting of the bivalve Mactra corallina on the Aberdeen Beach, Scotland, more...]


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Senegal:

Anonymous / PLAN MINÉRAL DE LA PÉPUBLIQUE DU SÉNÉGAL, Volume 3, pages 575 - 725, 3 annexes, 7 figs., - 3 -, $ 45

Faye, M. B., et.al. / PLAN MINÉRAL DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DU SÉNÉGAL, in three volumes, no date, pb, 725 pages, 58 figs., 35 tables, several tables with highlighting in volume 1 only, - 3 -, $ 80


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Somaliland:

Hunt, J. A. / REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE ADADLEH AREA, HARGEISA AND BERBERA DISTRICTS, Report No. 2, London, 1958, cl, 16 pages, 3 illlustrations (in pocket), - 5 -, $ 25


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Southern Rhodesia [Became Zimbabwe in 1980]:

B 3 / Maufe, H. B., et.al. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE SELUKWE MINERAL BELT, Salisbury, 1924, pb, 96 pages, 7 figs., 14 plates, - 3 -, $ 100B 30 / Macgregor, A. M. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND THE QUEEN’S MINE, BULAWAYO DISTRICT, Salisbury, 1937, afb, 175 pages, 20 plaes (1 in pocket), 5 figs., - 5 -, $ 245

B 12 / Keep, F. E. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE SHABANI MINERAL BELT, BELINGWE DISTRICT, Salisbury, 1929, pb, 193 pages, 19 plates, 14 figs., - 3 -, $ 125

B 14 / Morgan, S. C. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE GAIKA GOLD MINE, QUE QUE, SOUTH RHODESIA, Salisbury, 1929, pb, 42 pages, 2 figs., 5 plates, - 3 -, $ 80B 31 / Macgregor, A. M. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND HUNTERS ROAD, GWELO DISTRICT, Salisbury, 1937, afb, 78 pages, 9 plates (1 geologic map in pocket), - 5 -, $ 175 [covers general geology, mineralization, petrology and the gold, iron, manganese, nickel, copper, limestone, and clay mines in the area]

B 32 / Phaup, A. E. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE UMTALI GOLD BELT, Salisbury, 1937, afb, 186 pages, 15 plates (1 geological map in pocket), frontispiece in pocket, 8 tables in pocket, - 5 -, $ 245 [covers the geology and economic geology of the region with detailed mine descriptions; locations with diagrams and sections; minerals found: aluminum, arsenic ores, asbestos, bismuth, brick clay, copper, alluvial gold, reef gold, more...]

B 33 / Ferguson, J. C., et.al. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND THE JUMBO MINE, MAZOE DISTRICT, Salisbury, 1937, afb, 137 pages, 8 plates, 1 geological map in pocket, - 5 -, $ 225 [contents include: geological work and formations, basement schists, granite, gabbro, intrusions, deposits, structural geology, economic geology (gold, limestone, pyrites, tin and tungsten), plans and sections of area mine, more....]

B 34 / Phaup, A. E., et.al. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE LOWER UMFULI GOLD BELT, HARTLEY AND LOMAGUNDI DISTRICTS, Salisbury, 1938, afb, 150 pages, 12 tables, 12 plates (1 geological map in pocket), - 5 -, $ 250 [Physical features of area, previous geological work, outline of geology, rock descriptions, economic geology of individual mines with plans and sections, references, more...]

Letcher, O., Ed. / MINES OF (SOUTHERN) RHODESIA: Mining and Settlers Guide, 2nd Edition, Johanesburg, 1910, cl, 452 pages, numerous plates, illustrations, and advertisements; original cloth, spine rebacked, rare, - 3 -, $ 350


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of South Africa   (including the South African Bureau of Mines publications which include descriptions of mines and economic deposits of copper, gold and diamonds)

Anhaeusser, C. R. and Maske, S., Ed. / MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, Johannesburg, 2001, cl, in two large detailed volumes, 2329 pages total, - 3 -, $ 495

Backstrom, J. W., et.al. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE AREA AROUND LICHTENBURG, Explanation of Sheet 54 (Lichtenburg), Pretoria, 1953, pb, 70 pages, 7 plates, - 5-, $ 30

DuToit, A. L. / THE GEOLOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA, 2nd Edition, Revised and Enlarged, Edinburgh, 1939, cl, 539 pages, 1 fine color plate bound in, slight foxing, ovg, - 3 -, $ 160

Du Toit, A. L. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY SURROUNDING NKANDHLA, NATAL, Explanation of sheet # 109 (Nhandhla), Pretoria, 1931, pb, 105 pages, - 5 -, $ 55

Du Toit, A. L. / THE GEOLOGY OF PARTS OF PONDOLAND, EAST GREQUALAND AND NATAL, Explanation of Sheet # 119, Pretoria, 1946, pb, 32 pages, - 5 -, $ 28

Enslin, J. F., et.al. / LIST OF WORKING MINES IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA AND THE KINGDOM OF SWAZILAND, DECEMBER 1968, Pretoria, 1971, pb, 25 pages, - 5 -, $ 30

Hatch, F. H. and Chalmers, J. A. / THE GOLD MINES OF THE RAND BEING A DESCRIPTION OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF WITWATERSRAND, SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC, London, 1895, afb, 306 pages, 80 figs., 14 plates bound into text, 5 plates bound in after text: Plan of the Black Reef Auriferous Deposit; Cross Section of Mill; Geological Cross-Section from the Magaliesberg Range to the Black Reef; Plan of the Nigel Properties; Plan of Surface and Underground Workings of the Meyer and Charlton G.M. C. Ltd.; 2 loose plates in pocket: Map of the Southern Transvaal, showing Outcrops of the Blanket Formation and Plan of the Central and Eastern Portions of the Witwatersrand Goldfields, text and all plates in excellent condition, - 5 -, $ 425

Haughton, S. H., et.al. / THE GEOLOGY OF PORTION OF THE COASTAL BELT NEAR THE GAMTOOS VALLEY, Cape Province, Explanation of Sheets # 151 and 152, Pretoria, 1937, pb, 64 pages, - 5 -, $ 45

Haughton, S. H., et.al. / THE GEOLOGY OF PORTION OF THE COASTAL BELT NEAR THE GAMTOOS VALLEY, CAPE PROVINCE, Explanation of sheets 151N and 151S (Gamtoos River), Pretoria, 1937, pb, 64 pages, $ 35Heinrichs, T. / LITHOSTRATIGRAHISCHE UNTERSUCHUNGEN IN DER FIG TREE GRUPPE DES BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT ZEISCHEN UMSOLI UND LOMATI (SÜDAFRIKA), in: Göttinger Arbeitenzur Geologie und Paläontologie Nr. 22, 1980, pb, 113 seite, Kartenausschnitt, Kartenlegende, - 3 -, $ 25

Humphrey, S. H. / THE GEOLOGY OF PORTION OF THE COUNTRY EAST OF STEYTLERVILLE, Cape Province, Explanation of Sheet # 150, Pretoria, 1935, pb, 44 pages,- 5 -, $ 20

Humphrey, W. A. and Krige, L. J. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY SURROUNDING VRYHEID, Explanation of sheet # 102 (Vryheid), Pretoria, 1932, pb, 66 pages, - 5 -, $ 45

Humphrey, W. A. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY SOUTH OF PIET RETIEF, Explanation of sheet # 68 (Piet Retief), Pretoria, 1931, pb, 66 pages, - 5 -, $ 55

King, L. C. / SOUTH AFRICAN SCENERY: A Textbook of Geomorphology, 2nd Edition revised, Edinburgh, 1951, cl, 379 pages, colored map in pocket, - 3 -, $ 125

King, L. C. / THE GEOLOGY OF PIETERMARITZBURG AND ENVIRONS, Pretoria, 1948, 34 pages, - 5 -, $ 20

Klempner, P. / THE ORANGE FREE STATE GOLD MINES, 1st Edition, London, 1950, cl, 107 pages, 1 plate in pocket, plus a 7 page supplement, bound separately giving details of mining, costs, etc., - 3 -, $ 195

Klempner, P. / THE ORANGE FREE STATE GOLD MINES, 2nd Edition, London, 1954, cl, 127 pages, - 3 -, $ 225 [Contains diagrams of the mines, details of the stopes and channels, taxation; covers the Welkom Area (Central Section), the Odendaalsrus Area (Northern Section), and the Virginia Area (Southern Section) of Orange Free State Gold Mines]

Krige, D. G. / LOGNORMAL - DE WIJSIAN GEOSTATISTICS FOR ORE EVALUATION, SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY MONOGRAPH SERIES - GEOSTATISTICS 1, Johannesburg, 1978, cl, 50 pages, - 5 -, $ 50

Lombaard, B. V. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTH-EASTERN PRETORIA DISTRICT AND ADJOINING COUNTRY, Explanation of Sheet 18 (Moos River), Pretoria, 1931, afb, 48 pages, - 3 -, $ 40

Lowe, D. R. and Byerly, G. R. / GEOLOGIC EVOLUTION OF THE BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT, SOUTH AFRICA, GSA SP 329 pages, Boulder, 1999, pb, 319 pages, -1 -, $ 45

Mountain, E. D. / GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, Cape Town, 1968, cl, 249 pages, front and back endplates covered with colored map of South Africa, 22 figs., 28 plates, 15 colored plates, small brown discolored spot on bottom edge of spine, ovg, - 3 -, $ 35

Mountain, E. D. / THE GEOLOGY OF AN AREA EAST OF GRAHAMSTOWN, Explanation of sheet # 136 (Grahamstown), Pretoria, 1946, pb, 56 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

Nel, L. T., et.al. / THE GEOLOGY OF VENTERSDORP AND ADJOINING COUNTRY with a Chapter on the Diamondiferous Alluvials, Pretoria, 1935, pb, 102 pages, 4 plates, 2 figs., - 5 -, $ 60

Nel, L. T. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND POTCHEFSTROOM AND KLERKSDORP, Explanation of Sheet 61, Pretoria, 1939, pb, 156 pages, small old tape repair to page 99, ovg, 2 figs., - 5 -, $ 40

Nel, L. T. / THE WITWATERSRAND SYSTEM IN THE KLERKSDORP-VENTERSDORP AREA, A PRELIMINARY REPORT, Bulletin 1, Pretoria, pb, 32 pages, 2 plates, - 5 -, $ 45

Nel, L. T. and Jansen, H. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND VEREENIGING, Explanation of Sheet # 62 (Vereeniging), Pretoria, 1957, pb, 90 pages, - 5 -, $ 55

Oertel, M. K. / VOLUME 5. FLUORSPAR, Pretoria, 1966, pb, 59 pages, 2 figs. (includes a map of fluorspar occurrences in South Africa and Southwest Africa, fluorspar flow sheets to process ore from the Buffalo Fluorspar Mine, the Rosiclare Fluorspar Works, and the fluorspar works in Stulln bei Nabburg, West Germany; book describes the uses of fluorspar, deposits in South Africa, reserves, concentration of fluorspar, research and development, , more..., - 3 -, $ 40

Sohnge, P. G., Visser, D. J. L., and Lowe, C. V. R. / M 35 / THE GEOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE VAAL RIVER BASIN, Pretoria, 1937, afb, 102 pages, 36 plates including a map, 20 figs., - 3 -, $ 105 [includes photographs of numerous artifacts, i.e., stone tools, gravers, arrowheads, etc.]

Tankard, A. J., et.al. / CRUSTAL EVOLUTION OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, 3.8 MILLION YEARS OF EARTH HISTORY, New York, 1982, cl, 523 pages, edge wear, small amount of highlighting, ovg, - 4 -, $ 45

Tankard, A. J., et.al. / CRUSTAL EVOLUTION OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, 3.8 MILLION YEARS OF EARTH HISTORY, New York, 1982, cl, 523 pages, - 5 -, $ 65

Van Eeden, O. R., et.al. / THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MURCHISON RANGE, EAST OF LEYDSDORP, Memoir 36, Pretoria, 1939, afb, 172 pages, 13 figs., 10 plates, geologic map in separate envelope, - 2 -, $ 85

Van Eeden, O. R., et.al. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE EASTERN SOUTPANSBERG AND THE LOWVELD TO THE NORTH with Economic Geology Section, Explanation of Sheet 42 (Soutpansberg), Pretoria, 1955, pb, 126 pages, 3 figs., 16 plates, - 5 -, $ 65

Van Eeden, O. R. / GEOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, AN EXPLANATION OF THE 1:000 000 MAP, 1970 EDITION, Special Publication 18, Pretoria, 1972, pb, 85 pages, - 5 -, $ 100 [Covers the physiography, formations, geologic structure, and mineral deposits of South Africa; illustrations: physiographic regions, structural map of South Africa, epicenters, stratigraphic correlations]

Venter, F. A. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY BETWEEN SPRINGS AND BETHAL WITH A CHAPTER ON UNDERGROUND WATER SUPPLIES, Explanation of Sheet 51 (Bethal), Pretoria, 1934, pb, 87 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

Visser, D. J. L. and Lowe, C. van R. / THE GEOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE LITTLE CALEDON RIVER VALLEY, Department of Mines M 47, Pretoria, 1955, pb, 8 plates 2 folders, - 5 -, $ 30

Visser, H. N. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE KOEDOESRAND AREA, Explanation of Sheets 35 and 36 (Koedoesrand), Northern Transvaal, Pretoria, 1953, pb, 101 pages, 14 plates, 2 figs., - 5 -, $ 25

Visser, H. N, et.al. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY SOUTH OF ERMELO, Explanation of Sheet # 64 (Ermelo), Pretoria, 1947, pb, 110 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

Wagner, P. A. and Rogers, A. W. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTH-EASTERN PART OF THE SPRINGBOK FLATS AND SURROUNDING COUNTRY, An Explanation of Sheet 17 (Springbok Flats), Pretoria, 1917, afb, 104 pages, 6 figs., - 2 -, $ 48

Bibliography and Subject Index of the Bureau of Mines of South Africa:

Year Binding Pages Code Cost
1957 paper 60 - 5 -

$ 25

1958 paper 51 - 5 -

$ 25

1959 paper 95 - 5 -

$ 25

1960 paper 93 - 5 -

$ 25

1961 paper 83 - 5 -

$ 25

1962 paper 121 - 5 -

$ 25

1964 paper 109 - 5 -

$ 25

South Africa Mineral Production Reports (Listing of commodities, amounts produced, producers, list of selected publications on South Africa), - 5 -:

Dates

Cost

October - December 1977

$ 15

July - September 1978

$ 10

October - December 1978

$ 10

October - December 1980

$ 10

October - December 1981

$ 10

 


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Tanganyika [Tanzania]:

Volume 1 / Harkin, D. A., et.al. / RECORDS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF TANGANYIKA - 1951, Dar es Salaam, 1954, pb, 80 pages, 9 plates, 2 appendices, - 5 -, $ 75 [Contains 18 papers on Regional Geology, Economic Geology including Gold in the Nzega Area, Miscellaneous papers, and Laboratory Services]

Volume II / Handley, J. R. F., et.al. / RECORDS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF TANGANYKIA - 1952, Dar es Salaam, 1955, pb, 66 pages. 10 plates, 2 appendices, - 5 -, $ 50 [Contains 9 papers on Regional Geology, Economic Geology of Graphite and Limestone, and Miscellaneous papers on mineralogy]

B 26 / Grantham, D. R. and Pilson, R. D. / THE GEOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF THE NACHINGWEA REGION, A Reconnaissance Survey of Topography, Soils, Vegetation, and Geology in the Southern Province of Tanganyika, Dar es Salaam, 1955, pb, 33 pages, 2 appendices, 3 plates, 4 maps and sections, - 5 -, $ 25

B 28 / Spence, J. / THE GEOLOGY OF PART OF THE EASTERN PROVINCE OF TANGANYIKA, Dar es Salaam, 1957, pb, 62 pages, 2 figs., 2 tables, 2 maps in pocket, - 5 -, $ 38re`qwbv

M 1 / Quennell, A. M., et.al. / SUMMARY OF THE GEOLOGY OF TANGANYIKA, PART 1 – Introduction and Stratigraphy, Dar es Salaam, 1956, pb, 264 pages, 1 plate (in pocket), - 5 -, $ 65

M 11 / Harkin, D. A. / THE RUNGWE VOLCANICS AT THE NORTHERN END OF LAKE NYASA, Dar es Salaam, 1960, pb, 172 pages, 31 plates, 63 tables, 3 maps in pocket, - 5 -, $ 36

SP 18 / Skerl, A. C. and Oates, F. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTH ILUNGA AREA, DAR ES SALAAM, 1938, pb, 38 pages, - 5 -, $ 18

SP 20  /  Stockley, G. M. / THE GEOLOGY OF PARTS OF THE TABORA, KIGOMA, AND UFIPA DISTRICTS, NORTH-WEST LAKE RUKWA, Tanganyika Territory Department of Lands and Mines Geological Division Short Paper # 20, Dar es Salaam, 1938, afb, 35 pages, 1 plate in pocket, - 5 -, $ 40

Dowie, C. / GLACIATION OF MOUNT KILIMANJARO, NORTHEAST TANGANYIKA, In: GSA Bulletin, Volume 75, # 1, 1964, pb, pages 1 - 16, - 3 -, $ 10  


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Tunisia:

Chandoul, H., et.al. / RECUEIL DES COUPES TYPES DE TUNISIE I. TRIAS ET JURASSIQUE, Entreprise Tunisienne D’Activities Petrolieres Mémoire No. 4, Tunis, 1993, pb, 95 pages, 30 figs.,32 photos, - 1 -, $ 75

M’Rabet, A., et.al. / CRETACEOUS, M 8A, Tunis, 1995, pb, 123 pages, 76 figs., - 2 -, $ 75


Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Uganda:

Barnes, J. W. / RECORDS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF UGANDA 1950, 1952. Entebbe, pb, 52 pages, - 3 -, $ 36 [Contents include: Reports on the Ankole District, Mbale District, Karamoja District, Toro District, Entebee Area, and over 100 mining and mineral resource reports]

Hepworth, J. V., et.al. / RECORDS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF UGANADA 1954, Entebbe, 1956, pb, 71 pages, - 5 -, $ 36 [Contents include: Aspects of the Geology of the Bombo Area,Mmengo, Buganda; The Tuhizha Ferberite Deposit, Kigezi; The Calcareous Rocks of Southwest Uganda; The limestones of the Lake George Depression; An Electrical Resistivity Survey in Northwest Ankole; and The Absorptiometric Analysis of Beryl]

Pallister, J. W., et.al. / RECORDS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT, UGANDA, 1951 -1952, Entebbe, 1952, pb, 26 pages, 3 plates, 1 sketch map, - 5 -, $ 28 [Contents include: Preliminary Account of the Geology of South Kyaggwe County, Buganda; Bismuth in Uganda; Gravitmetric Survey of the East and West Banks of the Nile on the Site of the Owen Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, Jinja, Uganda]

Stheeman, H. A. / THE GEOLOGY OF SOUTHWESTERN UGANDA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE STANNIFEROUS DEPOSITS, The Hague, 1932, pb, 144 pages, 6 maps, - 5 -, $ 75

Trendall, A. F., et.al. / RECORDS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT, UGANDA, 1955 -1956, Entebbe, 1959, pb, 50 pages, 4 plates (1 in color), 7 figs., 2 tables, - 5 -, $ 58 [Contents include: The Topography under the Northern part of the Kadam Volcanics and its bearing on the Correlation of the Peneplains of Southeast Uganda and the Adjacent Parts of Kenya; The Origin of Carbonatites and Related Alkaline Rocks; Raised Swamps of Lake Victoria; The Detection of Tin in Tungsten Minerals; A Geological and Geophysical Investigation of a Proposed Dam Site on The Victoria Nile near Jinja]

Wright, H. E., Jr. and Frey, D. G. / QUATERNARY GEOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY IN THE ALBERTINE RIFT VALLEY, UGANDA, in: International Studies of the Quaternary, GSA SP 84, Boulder, 1965, pb, pages 293 - 321, 2 plates, 7 figs., - 3 -, $ 35 [includes 27 other papers including insect populations in the British Pleistocene; pollen analysis and till stratigraphy, Norway; Pleistocene glaciation of the Swiss Alps; Age of Australites; Maximum glaciation in the Argentine Cordillera; more...]


Miscellaneous Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Africa:

Baker, B. H., Mohr, P. A., and Williams, L. A. J. / GEOLOGY OF THE EASTERN RIFT SYSTEM, GSA SP 136, Boulder, 1972, pb, 67 pages, some ink underlining, - 4 -, $ 20

Hay, R. L. / GEOLOGY OF THE OLDURAI GORGE: A Study of Sedimentation in a Semiarid Basin, Berkeley, 1976, cl, 203 pages, - 5 -, $ 70

Keller, P. C. / GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA, Phoenix, 1992, cl, 144 pages, - 1 -, $ 50 [Full color illustrations of gemstones of East Africa along with detail descriptions of the geology of the deposits]

Kogbe, C. A., et.al. / MICROPALEONTOLOGY AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE COASTAL BASINS OF WEST AFRICA, Volume 5, A Special Issue of the Journal of African Earth Sciences, Paris, 1985, cl, 689 pages, - 5 -, $ 55

Kogbe, C. A., et.al. / PETROGRAPHY OF THE MIGMATITES FROM THE HIGH DAM WESTERN QUARRY, ASWAN, SOUTH EGYPT; GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING FOR GOLD IN THE AREA NORTH OF ISANLU, NIGERIA; MOUNT CAMEROON: AN ACTIVE VOLCANO OF THE CAMEROON LINE; A REVIEW OF THE HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL OF KENYA, These are several selected articles from Volume 6 of the Journal of African Earth Sciences, Paris, 1987, cl, 772 pages, - 5 -, $ 45

Krenekl, E. / DER GEOLOGISCHE BAU DER DEUTSCHEN KOLONIEN IN AFRIKA UND IN DER SÜDSEE, Deutscher Boden Band 11, Berlin, 1940, cl, 125 pages, wear along spine, ovg, - 3 -, $ 75

Reyre, D. / SEDIMENTARY BASINS OF THE AFRICAN COASTS, Paris, 1966, afb, 304 pages, - 5 -, $ 25 [contains 14 articles, some written in English, others in French, relating to Cameron, Senegal, Morocco, Nigeria, Angola, Spanish Sahara, more...]

Rode, K. P. / COMISION PARA LA CORRELACTION DEL SISTEMA KARROO (GONDWANA), Mexico, D. F., 1958, pb, 256 pages, Congreso Geologico Internacional, XX Sesion, 1956, Contenido: Les Terrains du Congo Belge appartenant ou pouvant appartenir au Systeme Karoo; Review of Recent Work on the Gondwana Rocks of Kenya Colony; Etude Preliminaire de la Serie Argilo-Greseuse de la Region Diamantifere de l’Ouest-Oubangui; Quelques Resultats Nouveaux dans l’Etude du Karroo Matgache; A Peculiar Brachiopod from Permacarboniferous Beds exposed at Zewan Spur, Srinagar Kashmir; A Note on the Correlation of the Parsora and Tiki Beds of Vindhya Pradesh; The Gondwanas of the East Coast; Australia and Gondwanaland; Developments in the Stratigraphy and Structure of Western Australia; Recent Additions to the Knowledge of the Permian System in Tasmania, - 3 -, $ 50

Silberman, M. L. / GOLD POTENTIAL OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CENTRAL EASTERN DESERT, EGYPT, 2003, a stapled photocopy of a loose-leaf manuscript being prepared for publication, - 3 -, $ 10
Scholz, C. / FIELDWORK: A Geologist’s Memoir of the Kalahari, Princeton, 1997, cl, 190 pages, - 1 -, $ 40

Willis, B. / LIVING AFRICA: A Geologist’s Wanderings through the Rift Valleys, 1st Edition, London, 1930, cl, 320 pages, 8 maps, small chip on bottom of spine, ovg, signed by the author, - 3 -, $ 30


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