Mine detail: South Roodepoort Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-26.21328, 27.76812

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Rhodium, PGE, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Silver
Tertiary:	Sulfur-Pyrite, Uranium, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Orebody form:	TABULAR/BLANKET
Discovery year:	1888

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1937

Geology

Host rock:	Transvaal System--Dolomite;Witwatersrand System (Upper Division)-Quartzite, Shales, Grits And Conglomerates
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Conglomerate
Associated rock:	Ventersdorp System-Lava
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	Unique Continuity Of Gold-Bearing Horizons Over Extended Area, Though Well Marked By Folding, Faulting And (Locally) Erosion And Redeposition Of Overlying Conformable Sediments, Dips Vary From Gentle To Nearly Vertical In Mine Area. Folding And Faulting From Moderate To Severe. Overlying Lavas And Dolomites Are Thin To Massive. Both Minable Reefs Outcrop On Mine Property In Upthrow Fault Blocks, But Bulk Of Ore Occurs At Depths In Excess Of 200 Meters
Tectonic:	Platform
Alteration processes:	None

References

MRDS	W026838
DEP	10107349
Reference	{Deposit:: GENERAL MINING AND FINANCE CORPORATION, ANNUAL REPORT; 1975}{Deposit:: MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH - CENTRAL AFRICA; PELLETIER, R. A.; 1964}{Deposit:: SOUTH AFRICAN MINING & ENGINEERING JOURNAL, OCTOBER 1973}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL QUARTERLY REVIEW OF SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD SHARES, VOL. 19 , NO. 1 ; MAY 1975}{Deposit:: MERTIE, 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 630, P. 45-48.}{Deposit:: COUSINS, 1973, PLATINOIDS IN THE WITWATERSRAND SYSTEM: JOURNAL OF SOUTH AFRICA INSTITUTE MINING AND METALLURGY, V. 73, NO. 6, P. 3-5.}{Deposit:: WAGNER, 1929, PLATINUM DEPOSITS AND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA: STRUIK (PTY) LTD., CAPETOWN 1973, P. 32-40.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 1977, V. 288.}{Deposit:: SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD SHARES; IVOR JONES, ROY AND CO., INC., JOHANNESBURG; 197}{Production:: GENERAL MINING AND FINANCE CORPORATION LTD., ANNUAL REPORTS; 1970 - 975}
Reporter	Sweetwood, Charles W.