Location: | Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa |
Lat / long: | -25.49668, 23.31816 |
dep_id: | 10084814 |
mrds_id: | W700026 |
Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
Major mineral: | Asbestos |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Production occurred |
Development status: | Producer |
ore: | Crocidolite |
gangue: | Chert, Magnetite, Riebeckite, Stilpnomelane |
orebody_fm: | TABULAR |
Reporter: | Orris, Greta J. |
hrock_unit: | Transvaal Supergroup, Ghaap Group, Calico Formation |
hrock_type: | Iron Formation |
arock_type: | Diabase |
Structure: | Dimoten Syncline, Faults, Folds |
References: |
- DRYER, C.J.B., AND ROBINSON, H.A., 1981, OCCURRENCE AND EXPLORATION OF AMPHIBOLE ASBESTOS IN SOUTH AFRICA, IN RIORDAN, P.H., ED., GEOLOGY OF ASBESTOS DEPOSITS: NEW YORK, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS INC., P. 25-44
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