Mine detail: Hartebeestfontein Gold Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -26.82992, 26.81814

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Uranium, Sulfur-Pyrite, PGE, Silver
Tertiary: Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
Ore: Gold, Pyrite
Orebody form: TABULAR/BLANKET
Discovery year: 1942

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1955

Geology

Host rock:Transvaal System-Campbell Rand Dolomite;Witwatersrand System (Upper Division)-Quartzite, Shales, Grits And Conglomerates
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 Folding, Faulting And (Locally) Erosion And Redeposition Of Overlying Conformable Sediments., Uniformly - Gentle Dip, But With Local Folds And Faults. Overlying Lavas And Dolomites Are Massive.
Tectonic:Platform
Alteration processes:None

References

MRDSW026848
DEP10078500
Reference{Deposit:: ANGLO-TRANSVAAL CONSOLIDATED INVESTMENT COMPANY, LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORT; 1976}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL QUARTERLY REVIEW OF SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD SHARES, VOL. 19 , NO. 1 ; MAY 1975}{Deposit:: SOUTH AFRICAN MINING & ENGINEERING JOURNAL, JUNE 1975}{Deposit:: MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, DEPARTMENT OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; 1976}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 1977, DEVELOPMENT AND MINING RESULTS: V. 288.}{Deposit:: MERTIE, 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF PLATINUM: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 630.}{Deposit:: IVOR JONES, ROY AND COMPANY, INC., SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD SHARES: JOHANNESBURG, IVOR JONES, ROY AND COMPANY, INC.}{Deposit:: HARTEBEESTFONTEIN GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED, 1976, ANNUAL REPORT, HARTEBEESTFONTEIN GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED.}{Production:: CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA;}{Production:: CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS-1983.}{Production:: PYRITE PRODUCTION-HARTEBEESTFONTEIN ANNUAL REPORT-1983;}{Production:: CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS - 1984.}{Production:: PYRITE PRODUCTION FROM HARTEBEESTFONTEIN ANNUAL REPORT - 1984;}{Production:: CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS - 1985.}{Production:: PYRITE AND SULPHURIC ACID - HARTEBEESTFONTEIN ANNUAL REPORT - -1985;}{Production:: CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS-1986.}{Production:: PYRITE AND SULPHURIC ACID PRODUCTION FROM MINE ANNUAL REPORT.}{Production:: ANALYSES OF WORKING RESULTS, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA - 1980;}{Production:: CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA - ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS - 1981;}{Production:: CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS PYRITE PRODUCTION FROM HARTEBEESTFONTEIN ANNUAL REPORT;}{Production:: ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA. JANUARY - DECEMBER 1978;}{Production:: AU. AND U: ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA, JANUARY-DECEMBER 1977.}{Production:: PYRITE FROM HARTEBEESTFONTEIN GOLD MINE ANNUAL REPORT 1977.}
ReporterSweetwood, Charles W., Mccarter, Lorna D, Mccarter, Lorna D.