Mine detail: Sishen Iscor Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -27.79659, 23.00154

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Gangue: Shale
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, TABULAR/BLANKET

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Sand And Detrital Material;Kalahari Beds; Limestone, Calcrete, Clay & Boulders.;Transvaal System, Pretoria Series (Daspoort & Timeball Hill Stages): Quartzite, Shale, Conglomerates & Hematite Ores.;Transvaal System, Dolomite Series: Jaspilite, Shale, Breccia, Dolomite, Manganese And Hematite Ores
Host type:Dolomite
Associated type:Andesite
Structure:Timeball Hill And Daspoort Stages Of Pretoria Series (Shales, Conglomerates, Quartzites, Hematite Ores And Andesitic Lava) Unconformably Overlie Dolomite Series (Banded Hematite, Jaspilite, Shale, Breccia, Manganese And Dolomite). Quaternary To Tertiary Kalahari Beds And Superficial Deposits Unconformably Overlie Pretoria Series., Folding And Refolding Have Resulted In Local Anticlines, Synclines, Domes And Depressions. Although No Major Faulting On A Regional Scale Is Known, Local Normal And Trough Faults Occur. Surface Terrain Flat Except For Low - Lying Gamagara Hills.
Tectonic:Platform. Possibly Several Tectonic Cycles.
Alteration processes:(See Process Of Concentration Or Enrichment.

References

MRDSW027877
DEP10079056
Reference{Deposit:: MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA; PELLETIER, R.A. 1964}{Deposit:: MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, FIFTH EDITION, HANDBOOK 7 ; 1976}{Deposit:: ISCOR ANNUAL REPORTS; 1973 - 1977 ISCOR BROCHURE (PUBLISHED BY THOMSON PUBLICATIONS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LIMITED; CIRCA 1975) SOUTH AFRICAN MINING & ENGINEERING JOURNAL; MAY 197}{Production:: ISCOR ANNUAL REPORTS ; ISCOR ANNUAL REPORT-1986 ; ISCOR ANNUAL REPORT-1982 ; ISCOR ANNUAL REPORT-1983 ; ISCOR ANNUAL REPORT - 1984 ; ISCOR ANNUAL REPORT - 1985 ; ISCOR ANNUAL REPORT 1980 ; ISCOR ANNUAL REPORT - 1981 ; ISCOR ANNUAL REPORT, 1979 ; ISCOR ANNUAL REPORT, 1978}
ReporterMccarter, Lorna D, Mccarter, Lorna D., Sweetwood, Charles W.