Mine detail: Lohathla Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-28.04659, 23.03486

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Secondary:	Iron
Ore:	Jacobsite, Manganite, Todorokite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1922

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1922

Geology

Host type:	Shale
Structure:	Low Intensity Anticlines And Synclines Regionally (Principally The Maremane Anticline And Dimoten Syncline In General Vicinity Of Lohathia). Ore Horizon And Host Rocks Dip And Fold Gently Regionally, But With Dramatic Changes Locally. Occasional Dike Injections. Faulting Insignificant., Folding And Slumping Of The Ore Horizon And Host Rocks Common. Dramatic Dip Changes Locally. Minor Faulting. Ore Horizon Thickness Highly Variable (From Less Than One Meter To Over 15 Meters) Reflecting Erratic Replacement During Manganization.
Tectonic:	Platform. Possibly Several Tectonic Cycles.

References

MRDS	W028039
DEP	10079126
Reference	{Deposit:: MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, FIFTH EDITION, HANDBOOK 7 , DEPARTMENT OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; 1976}{Deposit:: MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA; PELLETIER, R. A.; 1964}{Deposit:: THE MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA, HANDBOOK 2 , DEPARTMENT OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; 1960}{Deposit:: SOUTH AFRICAN MANGANESE AMCOR LIMITED, 1976, BROCHURE.}{Deposit:: SOUTH AFRICAN MANGANESE AMCOR LIMITED,1976, ANNUAL REPORTS.}{Deposit:: SOUTH AFRICAN MANGANESE AMCOR LIMITED,1975, ANNUAL REPORTS.}{Deposit:: SOUTH AFRICAN MANGANESE AMCOR LIMITED,1974, ANNUAL REPORTS.}{Other Database:: ISMI}{Production:: THROUGH 1977: SOUTH AFRICAN MANGANESE AMCOR LTD ANNUAL REPORTS. FROM 1978 ON; PRESS RELEASES, COMPANY BROCHURES. ; ESTIMATED BASED ON TOTAL COUNTRY PRODUCTION OF MANGANESE SUPPLIED BY THE MINERALS BUREAU AND INFORMATION PEOVIDED BY SAMANCOR OFFICIALS.}
Reporter	Mccarter, Lorna D., Sweetwood, Charles W.