Mine detail: Orange River Belt East

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Location: Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa
Lat / long: -28.52993, 20.50156
dep_id: 10106694
mrds_id: DE00296
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten, Tin
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: Bowles, Michael
hrock_unit: Toeslaan;Grunau;Keimoes Suite
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Ultrametamorphic/Plutonic
tectonic: Intracratonic
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1938
yr_lst_prd: 1970
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1938
References:
  • Deposit:: SOUTH AFRICAN COMMITTEE FOR STRATIGRAPHY (SACS), 1980, HANDBOOK GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA, NO. 8, P. 261-267; P. 307-313. BEST RECENT SUMMARY OF REGIONAL GEOLOGY.
  • Deposit:: VON BACKSTROM, J.M., 1950, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA TRANSACTIONS, VOL. 53, P. 35-51.
  • Deposit:: VON BACKSTROM, J.M., 1967, SOUTH AFRICAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNALS, NO. 6, P. 43-51.
  • Deposit:: COETZEE, C.B., (ED.), 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: FIFTH EDITION, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, HANDBOOK, 7.
  • Deposit:: NICOLAYSEN, L.O. AND BURGER, A.J., 1965, SCIENCE DE LA TERRE, VOL. 10, P. 497-516.
  • Deposit:: DE BEER, L.J., FRIGGENS, P.J. AND WHEATLEY, C.J.V., 1984, ABSTRACTS OF THE PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH UNIT CONFERENCE ON MIDDLE TO LATE PROTEROZOIC LITHOSPHERE EVOLUTION, CAPE TOWN, P. 65.
  • Production:: UNPUBLISHED GOVERNMENT MINING ENGINEER REPORTS
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