Mine detail: Epoch

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-20.41355, 29.25137

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Polydymite
Orebody form:	ROUGHLY TABULAR
Discovery year:	1969

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1976

Geology

Host type:	Serpentinite
Tectonic:	Archean Greenstone Belt

References

MRDS	W029614
DEP	10107361
Reference	{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, JUNE 21, 1974.}{Deposit:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- NICKEL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.}{Other Database:: ISMI}
Reporter	Saam, Henning G.