| Location: | Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa |
| Lat / long: | -29.57993, 17.0516 |
| dep_id: | 10080048 |
| mrds_id: | W030999 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Diamond |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR BLANKET |
| alteration: | None |
| conc_proc: | Diamonds Believed To Have Been Transported From Inland Kimberlite Ppes To Present Areas By Orange River |
| ore_ctrl: | Beach Sands With Concentrations Of Transported And Redeposited Diamonds |
| Reporter: | Mccarter, Lorna D. |
| hrock_type: | Sand and Gravel,Limestone |
| Structure: | Tertiary To Recent Beach Sands; Unconsolidated, Diamondiferous Terraces In Tertiary Beach Sands |
| tectonic: | Shield |
| disc_yr: | 1962 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: PELLITIER, R.A., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA
- Deposit:: WILSON, A.N., 1971, INTERNATIONAL DIAMOND ANNUAL, VOL. 1.
- Deposit:: 1968 RECON DE BEERS CORPORATION
- Deposit:: 1976 DIREXPL DE BEERS CORPORATION
- Production:: DE BEERS ANNUAL REPORTS, 1978, 1979, 1980 ; DE BEERS ANNUAL REPORT-1986 ; DE BEERS ANNUAL REPORT-1983 ; DE BEERS ANNUAL REPORT - 1984 ; DE BEERS ANNUAL REPORT - 1985 ; DE BEERS ANNUAL REPORT - 1982 ; DE BEERS ANNUAL REPORT 1981
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