Mine detail: Unisel Gold Mine

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Location: Free State, South Africa, Africa
Lat / long: -28.06321, 26.75149
dep_id: 10080049
mrds_id: W031000
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Pyrite
orebody_fm: TABULAR/BLANKET
model: 193: Quartz pebble conglomerate Au-U (BC name is Paleoplacer U-Au-PGE-Sn-Ti
alteration: None
ore_ctrl: Contle Uplift Of Continental Mass; Peneplanation; Erosion, Folding, Faulting, Volcanicity, Dike Injection And Build-Up Of Younger Sediments.
Reporter: Mccarter, Lorna D.
hrock_type: Quartzite,Shale
arock_unit: Ventersdorp System-Lava
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure: Continuity Of Gold-Bearing Horizons Over Extended Area. Marked By Faulting, Folding And Local Erosion And Redeposition Of Overlying Sediments, Gentle Dip Regionally, With Folds And Faults Locally. Overlying Lavas, Quartzites And Conglomerates Are Massive.
tectonic: Platform
Year first produced: 1979
disc_yr: 1939
References:
  • Deposit:: UNISEL ANNUAL REPORTS 1976-198
  • Deposit:: 1968 DIREXPL UNION CORPORATIO
  • Production:: CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA ; CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS-1986 ; CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS - 1983 ; CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS - 1984 ; CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS - 1985 ; CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS-1982 ; CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA - ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS - 1981
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