Mine detail: Libanon Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-26.3466, 27.61813

Resource(B)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	PGE, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Silver, Rhodium
Tertiary:	Sulfur-Pyrite, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Uranium
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Uraninite
Orebody form:	TABULAR/BLANKET
Discovery year:	1932

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1949

Geology

Host rock:	Transvaal System Shales (Pretoria Series), Dolomite (Dolomite Series) And Conglomerates (Black Reef Series);Witwatersrand System (Upper Division)-Quartzites, Shales, Grits, Conglomerates And Carbon Granules
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 Dikes, Faulting, Early Erosion And Redeposition Of Overlying Sediments., Steeply Dipping Compared To Most Other Measured Occurrences In This General Area. Faulting Limited, But Minor Folding And Notable Undulation Of The Beds Are Characteristic Locally. Intrusive Dikes Penetrate And Dilute Minable Ore Horizons. A Well-Marked, And Incompetent, Tuff Overlies The Ventersdorp Contact Reef
Tectonic:	Platform
Alteration processes:	None

References

MRDS	W027859
DEP	10107355
Reference	{Deposit:: MINERALS RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, FIFTH EDITION, HANDBOOK 7; 1976}{Deposit:: MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA; PELLETIER, R.A.; 1964}{Deposit:: GOLD FIELDS OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORTS 1974 - 1977}{Deposit:: MERTIE, 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 630, P. 45-48.}{Deposit:: COUSINS, 1973, PLATINOIDS IN THE WITWATERSRAND SYSTEM: JOURNAL 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, DEVELOPMENT AND MILLING, V. 288.}{Deposit:: LIBANON GOLD MINING COMPANY, 1977, ANNUAL REPORTS.}{Deposit:: LIBANON GOLD MINING COMPANY, 1976, ANNUAL REPORTS.}{Deposit:: LIBANON GOLD MINING COMPANY, 1975, ANNUAL REPORTS.}{Deposit:: LIBANON GOLD MINING COMPANY, 1974, ANNUAL REPORTS.}{Deposit:: IVOR JONES, ROY & COMPANY, INC., 1975, SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD SHARES: JOHANNESBURG, IVOR JONES, ROY AND COMPANY, INC.}{Production:: CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA ; CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS - 1984 ; CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS - 1985 ; CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS-1986 ; CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA - ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS - 1981 ; CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS-1982 ; CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS-1983 ; ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA. JANUARY - DECEMBER 1979 ; ANALYSES OF WORKING RESULTS, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA - 1980 ; ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA. JANUARY - DECEMBER 1978}
Reporter	Mccarter, Lorna D, Sweetwood, Charles W., Mccarter, Lorna D.