Mine detail: Free State Saaiplaas

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -27.97988, 26.83482

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1961

Geology

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

References

MRDSW014847
DEP10071449
Reference{Deposit:: ANGLO AMERICAN CORPORATION OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED: ANNUAL REPORTS: 1974 & 1975}{Deposit:: COAL, GOLD & BASE MINERALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA; MARCH 1975}{Deposit:: PRESIDENT BRAND GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED; ANNUAL REPORT; 1975}{Deposit:: MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH - CENTRAL AFRICA; PELLETIER, R. A.; 1964}{Deposit:: SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD SHARES; IVOR JONES, ROY AND CO., INC., JOHANNESBURG; 1975 MINING JOURNAL QUARTERLY REVIEW OF SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD SHARES, VOL. 19, NO. 1; MAY 197}{Production:: ANALYSES OF WORKING RESULTS, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA, 1980 ; ANALYSES OF WORKING RESULTS, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA - 1980 ; ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA, JANUARY-DECEMBER 1978 ; ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA. JANUARY DECEMBER 1979 ; ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA, JANUARY-DECEMBER 1977}
ReporterSweetwood, Charles W., Mccarter, Lorna D.