Mine detail: Elandsrand Gold Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -26.46327, 27.36813

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Uranium
Tertiary: PGE

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1978

Geology

Host type:Quartzite,Shale

References

MRDSW030997
DEP10080047
Reference{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, NOVEMBER, 1975.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, MARCH, 1977.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1979, PRELIMINARY MINING UNDERWAY AT ELANDSTRAND: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, P. 9-10.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1978, ANGLO AMERICAN ELANDSRAND: V. 179, NO. 4, P. 23.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1978, SOUTH AFRICA GOLD REEF: V. 138, NO. 3, P. 179.}{Production:: ELANDSRAND ANNUAL REPORTS ; ELANDRAND ANNUAL REPORT-1986 ; CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS - 1985 ; CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA - ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS - 1981}
ReporterMccarter, Lorna D.