Mine detail: Gumbu Graphite Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-22.31344, 30.66805

Resource(N)

Primary:	Graphite
Discovery year:	1942

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1942
Last production ended:	1978

Geology

Host rock:	Beit Bridge Complex;Sand River Gneiss;Gumbu Group
Host type:	Marble,Gneiss
Tectonic:	Highly Folded

References

MRDS	ISM0078
DEP	10024368
Reference	{Deposit:: MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE RSA, 5TH. EDITION, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA}{Deposit:: WILKE, D.P., 1969: GRAFIETAFSETTINGS NOORD VAN DIE SOUTPANSBERG, TRANSVAAL. BULL. GEOL. SURV. SOUTH AFRICA, 51}
Reporter	Goldberg, Jan