Mine detail: Zaaiplaats Tin

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-24.03003, 28.75142

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tin
Secondary:	Arsenic, Zinc, Tungsten, Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Cassiterite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1906

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1909

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Associated type:	Pegmatite,Granite
Structure:	Gently Dipping Regionally. No Major Structural Disturbances., Gently Dipping, Intermittent Dikes And Faults Of Little Signifigance.
Tectonic:	Platform
Alteration processes:	None

References

MRDS	W028276
DEP	10089691
Reference	{Deposit:: ZAAIPLAATS ANNUAL REPORTS}{Deposit:: MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SA., 1976}{Deposit:: GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE POTGIETERSRUS TIN FIELDS, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MEMOLIR 46, 1954}{Deposit:: BUSHVELD GRANITES OF THE POTGIETERSRUS TIN FIELDS, DE WAAL, S.A., 1972}{Production:: ZAAIPLAATS ANNUAL REPORTS ; ZAAIPLAATS TIN ANNUAL REPORT - 1983 ; ZAAIPLAATS ANNUAL REPORT - 1984 ; ZAAIPLAATS ANNUAL REPORT - 1985 ; ZAAIPLAATS ANNUAL REPORT-1986 ; ZAAIPLAATS TIN ANNUAL REPORT - 1981 ; ZAAIPLAATS ANNUAL REPORT - 1982 ; ZAAIPLAATS ANNUAL REPORT - 1980 ; ZAAIPLAATS COMPANY ANNUAL REPORTS FOR 1979}
Reporter	Mccarter, Lorna D.