Mine detail: Mooihoek Platinum Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-24.62583, 30.15974

Resource(M)

Primary:	Platinum
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form:	CIRCULAR PIPE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:

Dunite

References

MRDS	M046280
DEP	10038824
Reference	{Deposit:: WAGNER, 1929, PLATINUM DEPOSITS AND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA: STRUIK (PTY) LTD., CAPETOWN 1973, P. 19, 73}{Deposit:: MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. PLATINUM METALS: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 630, P. 42 - 43}{Deposit:: HALL, 1932, THE BUSHVELD IGNEOUS COMPLEX: S. AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MEM. 28, P. 325}
Reporter	Blair, Will N.