Mine detail: Luipaardsvlei

Previously called 'Luipaardsvlei Estates and Gold Mining Co. Ltd.'

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Location

Lat / long: -26.12161, 27.83478

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Osmium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, Platinum, Iridium
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Uraninite
Orebody form: LITHIFIED PLACER

Production

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

Geology

References

MRDSM046316
DEP10038851
Reference{Deposit:: MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. PT METALS: USGS PROF. PAPER 630, P. 45 - 48}{Deposit:: COUSINS, 1973, PLATINOIDS IN THE WITWATERSRAND SYSTEM: JOUR. S. AFRICA INST. MIN. AND METALL., V. 7, NO. 6, P. 3 - 5}{Deposit:: WAGNER, 1929, PT DEPOSITS AND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA: STRUIK (PTY) LTD., CAPETOWN 1973, P. 32 - 40}{Deposit:: PARK AND MACDIARMID, 1970, ORE DEPOSITS.}{Deposit:: 5) MINING JOURNAL, 1970, V.274.}
ReporterBlair, Will N.