Mine detail: Msauli Asbestos

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Location

Lat / long:

-26.39658, 30.08476

Resource(N)

Primary:	Asbestos
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1948
Last production ended:	1983

Geology

Host rock:	Swaziland System
Host type:	Slate,Mafic Volcanic Rock
Associated rock:	Jamestown Igneous Complex-Altered Basics And Ultrabasics;Intrusive Granites (Not Otherwise Defined)
Associated type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock
Structure:	Folds, Faults And Fractures Have Produced Complex Structures, Making Stratigraphic Valuation Difficult. Underlying And Surrounding Intrusive Granites Massive.
Tectonic:	Platform
Alteration processes:	Closely Folded & Altered.

References

MRDS	W033595
DEP	10081525
Reference	{Deposit:: MINING RESOURCES OF SOUTH CENTRAL AFRICA, POLLITIER, R.A. 1964}{Deposit:: GENERAL MINING FINANCE CORPORATION ANNUAL REPORTS 1970-1979}{Deposit:: MSAULI ASBES BEPERK ANNUAL REPORTS 1980-1983}{Deposit:: MSAULI PUBLICATIONS}{Production:: GENERAL MINING AND FINANCE CORPORATION LIMITED ANNUAL REPORTS - 1970- 1979 AND SUBSEQUENT ESTIMATES}
Reporter	Mccarter, Lorna D.