Mine detail: Wallekraal Deposit

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Location: Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa
Lat / long: -28.32998, 16.87103
dep_id: 10021621
mrds_id: DE00299
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: Bowles, Michael
hrock_unit: Hilda Suite, Gariep Complex
hrock_type: Siltstone
Structure: Miogeosynclinal
tectonic: Subducted Continental Margin
Year first produced: 1968
yr_lst_prd: 1971
disc_yr: 1968
References:
  • 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  • Deposit:: BOWLES, M., 1984, REPORT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA, 1984-0165 (UNPUBLISHED).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.
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