Mine detail: Orange River Belt East

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -28.52993, 20.50156

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten, Tin
Discovery year: 1938

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1938
Last production ended: 1970

Geology

Host rock:Toeslaan;Grunau;Keimoes Suite
Host type:Gneiss
Structure:Ultrametamorphic/Plutonic
Tectonic:Intracratonic

References

MRDSDE00296
DEP10106694
Reference{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RESEARCH UNIT CONFERENCE ON MIDDLE TO LATE PROTEROZOIC LITHOSPHERE EVOLUTION, CAPE TOWN, P. 65.}{Production:: UNPUBLISHED GOVERNMENT MINING ENGINEER REPORTS}
ReporterBowles, Michael