Mine detail: Buffalo Fluorspar Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-24.53, 28.60142

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary:	Quartz, Aluminum, Calcium
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Apatite, Calcite, Monazite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR THIN BEDS AND VEINLETS

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Associated rock:	Bushveld Complex Granite (Red Coarse, Pink Fine)
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Waterberg Hills, Bushveld Igneous Complex, Steeply Dipping Joints

References

MRDS	W007006
DEP	10069467
Reference	{Deposit:: CHERMETTE, A., 1964, LE SPATH-FLUOR EN AFRIQUE DU SUD: MINES ET METALLURGIE, APRIL TO SEPT. 1964, 14 P.}{Deposit:: 1963 TO 1972, MINERALS YEARBOOKS, U.S. BU MINES.}{Deposit:: GROGAN, R.M., 1974, THE ENVIRONMENTS OF DEPOSITION OF FLUORSPAR, IN A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. 22, P. 8 - 9}{Production:: 1964 TO 1972, U.S. BU MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, V. 4. CHERMETTE, A., 1964, LE SPATH-FLUOR, P. 13}{Reserve-Resource:: 1965, MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL. 4, P. 915. CHERMETTE, A., 1964, LE SPATH-FLUOR, P. 12}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.