| Location: | Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa |
| Lat / long: | -29.57993, 17.01827 |
| dep_id: | 10089199 |
| mrds_id: | W014763 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Diamond |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Unconsolidated Sediments |
| Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| alteration: | None |
| conc_proc: | Questionable. Diamonds Thought To Have Been Transported Via Orange River From Inland Kimberlite Pipes To Points Of Deposition In Beach Teraces In This Area. High Percentage Of Gem Diamonds And Limited Percentage Of Industrial Diamonds Not Adequately Explained Geologically. |
| ore_ctrl: | Beach Sands With Concentrations Of Transported And Redeposited Diamonds. |
| Reporter: | Sweetwood, Charles W., Mccarter, Lorna D, Mccarter, Lorna D. |
| hrock_type: | Sand and Gravel,Limestone |
| Structure: | Tertiary - To - Recent Beach Sands; Unconsolidated, Diamondiferous Terraces In Tertiary Beach Sands |
| tectonic: | Shield |
| Year first produced: | 1925 |
| disc_yr: | 1925 |
| discr: | W. Carstens |
| References: |
- 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
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