▁in ▁the ▁area . ▁Spring b ok ▁and ▁its ▁surrounding ▁towns ▁( N ab abe ep ▁and ▁Ok ie p ) ▁were ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁this ▁min ing ▁activity . ▁But , ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 0 s ▁the ▁last ▁mine ▁was ▁closed . ▁However , ▁about ▁ 1 1 5   km ▁further ▁in land , ▁in ▁Bush man land ▁( see ▁above ), ▁a ▁large ▁new ▁mine ▁is ▁extract ing ▁ ▁co pper , ▁lead , ▁z inc , ▁and ▁silver ▁from ▁the ▁" Black ▁Mountain " ▁( origin ally ▁" S wart berg ") ▁depos its ▁at ▁A gg ene ys ▁since ▁ 1 9 7 7 . ▁High ▁grade ▁gran ite ▁is ▁m ined ▁in ▁several ▁places ▁( e . g . ▁near ▁Kam ies k ro on , ▁and ▁Con cord ia ) ▁in ▁this ▁gran ite - rich ▁landscape . ▁ ▁N ama qu aland ▁is ▁popular ▁with ▁both ▁local ▁and ▁international ▁tour ists ▁during ▁early ▁spring time ▁( August ▁- ▁September ), ▁when ▁for ▁a ▁short ▁period ▁this ▁normally ▁ar id ▁area ▁becomes ▁covered ▁with ▁a ▁k ale idos cope ▁of ▁colour ▁during ▁the ▁flow ering ▁season . ▁This ▁is ▁known ▁throughout ▁South ▁Africa ▁as ▁the ▁N ama qu aland ▁da isy ▁season , ▁when ▁orange ▁and ▁white ▁da is ies , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁hundreds ▁of ▁other ▁flow ering ▁species , ▁spring ▁up ▁from ▁a ▁previously ▁bar ren ▁landscape . ▁A ▁part ▁of ▁Little ▁N ama qu aland , ▁known ▁as ▁the