Mine detail: Langaagte Est.

Previously called 'Crown MinesLtd.'

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Location

Lat / long: -26.22577, 28.00146

Resource(M)

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

Production

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

Geology

References

MRDSM046322
DEP10038854
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. 73, NO. 6, P. 3 - 5}{Deposit:: WAGNER, 1929, PT DEPOSITS AND MINES OF S. AFRICA: STRUIK (PTY) LTD., CAPETOWN 1973, P. 32 - 40}
ReporterBlair, Will N.