Location: | Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa |
Lat / long: | -28.11325, 23.33486 |
dep_id: | 10111282 |
mrds_id: | W700025 |
Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
Major mineral: | Asbestos |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Production occurred |
Development status: | Producer |
ore: | Crocidolite |
gangue: | Chert, Magnetite, Riebeckite, Stilpnomelane |
orebody_fm: | TABULAR |
Reporter: | Orris, Greta J. |
hrock_unit: | Transvaal Supergroup, Ghaap Group, Calico Formation |
hrock_type: | Iron Formation |
arock_type: | Diabase |
Structure: | Dimoten Syncline, Faults, Folds |
References: |
- HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1984, ASBESTOS, IN GEOLOGY OF THE NONMETALLICS: NEW YORK, METAL BULLETIN INC., P. 324-335
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