Mine detail: Wallekraal Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -28.32998, 16.87103

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Discovery year: 1968

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1968
Last production ended: 1971

Geology

Host rock:Hilda Suite, Gariep Complex
Host type:Siltstone
Structure:Miogeosynclinal
Tectonic:Subducted Continental Margin

References

MRDSDE00299
DEP10021621
Reference{Deposit:: SOUTH AFRICAN COMMITTEE FOR STRATIGRAPHY (SACS), 1980, STRATIGRAPHY OF SOUTH AFRICA, PART 1, COMPILED BY L.E. KENT, SOUTH AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, HANDBOOK 8, P. 439-446.}{Deposit:: KRONER, A., 1974, BULLETIN PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH UNIT UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN, NO. 13, 115 P.}{Deposit:: BOWLES, M., 1984, REPORT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA, 1984-0165 (UNPUBLISHED).}{Production:: BOWLES, M., 1984, P. 7.}
ReporterBowles, Michael