| Location: | Lesotho, Africa |
| Lat / long: | -29.02982, 28.88481 |
| dep_id: | 10080050 |
| mrds_id: | W031005 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Diamond |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| gangue: | Bronzite, Chromite, Diopside, Pyrope |
| orebody_fm: | ELLIPTICAL/VERTICAL |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| alteration: | Yellow Ground 1 Meter Thick |
| conc_proc: | Diamonds Believed To Be Primary Constituent Of Kimberlite |
| Reporter: | Mccarter, Lorna D. |
| hrock_type: | Kimberlite |
| arock_unit: | Kimberlite Intrusions;Karoo Stormberg Basaltic Lavas;Gneisses, Granulites |
| arock_type: | Gneiss |
| tectonic: | Shield |
| Year first produced: | 1977 |
| disc_yr: | 1957 |
| discr: | P.H. Nixon |
| References: |
- Deposit:: BLOOMER, A.G. AND NIXON, P.H., 1973, THE GEOLOGY OF LETSENG- LA - TERAE KIMBERLITE PIPES: IN LESOTHO KIMBERLITES; EDITED BY NIXON, P.H., P. 20-32, LESOTHO NATL DEV CORP
- Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 62.
- Deposit:: 1968 DIREXPL RIO TINTO EXPLORATION (PTY) LTD
- Deposit:: 1973 DIREXPL DE BEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES LTD
- Production:: DE BEERS ANNUAL REPORTS 1967 - 1980
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