Mine detail: Dreyers Pan Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -29.57993, 17.01827

Resource(N)

Primary: Diamond
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1925

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unconsolidated Sediments
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1925

Geology

Host type:Sand and Gravel,Limestone
Structure:Tertiary - To - Recent Beach Sands; Unconsolidated, Diamondiferous Terraces In Tertiary Beach Sands
Tectonic:Shield
Alteration processes:None

References

MRDSW014763
DEP10089199
Reference{Deposit:: INTERNATIONAL DIAMOND ANNUAL; WILSON, A. N.; VOL. 1, 1971}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE; OCTOBER 1976}{Deposit:: MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA; PELLETIER, R. A.; 1964}{Deposit:: DE BEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORT.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1975.}{Deposit:: DEBEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES LIMITED, 1972, ANNUAL REPORT, NOVEMBER 1972.}{Production:: DE BEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES LTD ANNUAL REPORTS ; DE BEERS CONSOLIDATED DIAMOND MINES LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT 1979 ; DE BEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES LIMITED 1980 ANNUAL REPORT ; DEBEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES LIMITED ANNUAL REPORTS: 1973 - 1977 ; DE BEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT 1978 ; DE BEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES LIMITED ANNUAL REPORTS: 1973 - 1976}
ReporterSweetwood, Charles W., Mccarter, Lorna D, Mccarter, Lorna D.