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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