Mine detail: South African Land and Exploration Company

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Location

Lat / long:

-26.27993, 28.36812

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Uranium, PGE, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Gold
Orebody form:	TABULAR/BLANKET

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1938

Geology

Host rock:	Transvaal System-Dolomite;Witwatersrand System (Upper Division)-Quartzities, Shales, Grits, Conglomerates, And Carbon Granules
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Conglomerate,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated rock:	Ventersdorp System-Lava
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	Unique Continuity Of Gold - Bearing Horizons Over Extended Area, Though Well Marked By Folding, Faulting And (Locally) Erosion And Redeposition Of Overlying Sediments., Gentle Dip Regionally, With Folds And Faults Locally. Overlying Lavas And Dolomites Are Massive.
Tectonic:	Platform
Alteration processes:	None

References

MRDS	W014844
DEP	10071447
Reference	{Deposit:: ANGLO AMERICAN CORPORATION OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED; ANNUAL REPORTS: 1974 & 1975}{Deposit:: MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH - CENTRAL AFRICA; PELLETIER, R. A.; 1964}{Deposit:: IVOR JONES, ROY AND COMPANY, INC., SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD SHARES: JOHANNESBURG, IVOR JONES, ROY AND COMPANY, INC.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 1975, QUARTERLY REVIEW OF SOUTH AFRICA GOLD SHARES: MINING JOURNAL, V. 19. NO. 1, MAY 1975.}{Production:: COMPANY ANNUAL REPORTS. ; ANGLO AMERICAN CORPORATION ANNUAL REPORT - 1984 ; S.A. LAND AND EXPLORATION ANNUAL REPORT - 1984 ; S.A. LAND AND EXPLORATION ANNUAL REPORT - 1985 ; COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT-1986 ; ANGLO AMERICAN CORPORATION ANNUAL REPORT - 1981 ; ANGLO AMERICAN ANNUAL REPORT - 1982 ; ANGLO AMERICAN CORPORATION ANNUAL REPORT-1982 ; ANGLO AMERICAN CORPORATION ANNUAL REPORT - 1980 ; ANGLO AMERICAN CORPORATION ANNUAL REPORT 1978}
Reporter	Sweetwood, Charles W., Mccarter,Lorna D.