Mine detail: Dreifontein Consolidated

Previously called 'Driefontein EastDriefontein WestDriefontein ConsolidatedDriefontein North'

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Location

Lat / long: -26.3799, 27.45146

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver, Uranium
Tertiary: Sulfur
Other material: Gold, Pyrite, Quartz, Silver, Uraninite

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Plant

Geology

References

MAS7910200062
DEP10231574
Reference{Deposit:: CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA, 1981, RAND REFINERY,}{Deposit:: P.R.D. SERIES NO. 255, 20PP.}{Deposit:: CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA, 1980, GOLD IN SOUTH}{Deposit:: AFRICA, P.R.D. SERIES NO. 241, 28PP.}{Deposit:: CHAMBER OF MINES, 1980, OVERVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN}{Deposit:: MINING INDUSTRY.}{Deposit:: ELEVATORSKI, E.A. 1981, GOLD MINES OF THE WORLD.}{Deposit:: PUBLISHED BY MINOBRAS, PP. 78-86.}{Deposit:: POTTS, D. 1981, THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD MINING INDUSTRY,}{Deposit:: 1981. PUBLISHED BY CONSOLIDATED GOLD FIELDS, LTD., PP.17-85.}{Deposit:: GOLD INSTITUTE. 1981, GOLD REGULATIONS AND TAXES FOR}{Deposit:: MINING, REFINING, MANUFACTURING AND TRADE IN THIRTEEN}{Deposit:: COUNTRIES. PP. 74-79.}{Deposit:: CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA. 1982, ANALYSIS OF}{Deposit:: WORKING RESULTS, OCTOBER-DECEMBER, 1981, 8 PP.}{Deposit:: CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA. 1981, 91ST ANNUAL}{Deposit:: REPORT AND STATISTICAL TABLES. 116 PP.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL RESEARCH SERVICES. 1982, PRODUCTION AND}{Deposit:: CAPITAL EXPENDITURES FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD MINES, 1966-}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL RESEARCH SERVICES. 1982, SUMMARY REPORT}{Deposit:: OF PRODUCTION AND RECOVERY FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD MINES,}{Deposit:: 1966-1981.}{Deposit:: MOHIDE, T.F. 1981, GOLD MINERAL POLICY BACKGROUND PAPER}{Deposit:: NO. 12. ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES, PP. 84-112.}{Deposit:: STORRAR, C.D. 1981, SOUTH AFRICAN MINE VALUATION.}{Deposit:: CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA, 470 PP.}{Deposit:: SPECIFIC TO DRIEFONTEIN CONSOLIDATED:}{Deposit:: ANNUAL REPORT - DRIEFONTEIN CONSOLIDATED LTD., 1981.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL- QUARTERLY REVIEW OF SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD}{Deposit:: SHARES, 11/81, P. 21.}{Deposit:: ANNUAL REPORTS- WEST DRIEFONTEIN GOLD MINING CO. LTD.,}{Deposit:: 1967-1980 (PARTIAL). 1975, 1976 (COMPLETE).}{Deposit:: ANNUAL REPORTS- EAST DRIEFONTEIN GOLD MINING CO. LTD.,}{Deposit:: SHARES, WEST DRIEFONTEIN, EAST DRIEFONTEIN, AND DRIEFONTEIN}{Deposit:: CONS., 2/80, 5/80, 8/80, 11/80, 2/81, 5/81, 8/81.}{Deposit:: MINING SURVEY, DEVLARED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS, 1976,P.24.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, DEVELOPMENT AND MILLING RESULTS, APRIL}{Deposit:: 30, 1976.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE. STOPE BORING TECHNIQUE IN SOUTH AFRICAN}{Deposit:: GOLD MINING, MARCH 1975, PP. 206-207.}{Deposit:: COAL GOLD & BASE MINERALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. WEST DRIE.}{Deposit:: TO ESTABLISH NEW LONGWALLS. SEPT. 1977, PP. 75-77.}{Deposit:: COAL GOLD & BASE MINERALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. EAST DRIE.}{Deposit:: SHOULD CONTINUE AS A MARKET FAVOURITE. MAY 1977, PP. 67-69.}{Deposit:: COAL GOLD & BASE MINERALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. WHERE THE}{Deposit:: BARREN VELD NOW THRIVES. MARCH 1978, PP. 63-65.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE. EAST DRIEFONTEIN BUILDING UP TO}{Deposit:: CAPACITY. MAY 1975, PP. 373-375.}{Deposit:: S.A. MINING & ENGINEERING JOURNAL. WEST DRIE. EXPANSION.}{Deposit:: MAY 1975, PP. 74-75.}{Deposit:: S.A. MINING & ENGINEERING JOURNAL. PROFILE: COLIN FENTON.}{Deposit:: SEPTEMBER 1981.}{Deposit:: SHARES. DRIEFONTEIN AND WESTERN HOLDINGS. AUGUST 1981, P.9.}{Deposit:: S.A. MINING & ENGINEERING JOURNAL. WEST DRIE. BECOMES THE}{Deposit:: WORL* TOP GOLD PRODUCER. NOV. 1979, P. 13.}{Deposit:: COAL GOLD & BASE MINERALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. MODEL 16}{Deposit:: SORTERS SET TO GO. MARCH 1978, P. 69.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL. EAST DRIEFONTEIN LOOKS NORTH-AND WEST.}{Deposit:: APRIL 24, 1981, P. 311.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE. WORL* LARGEST GOLD MINE. JUNE 1981,}{Deposit:: PP. 435-437.}{Geology:: ANHAEUSSER, C.R. 1976, THE NATURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF}{Geology:: ARCHAEN GOLD MINERALIZATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. MINERALS}{Geology:: SCI. ENGNG., V. 8, NO. 1, PP. 46-84.}{Geology:: BOYLE, R.W. 1979, THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF GOLD AND I*}{Geology:: DEPOSITS. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, BULL. 280, 584 PP.}{Geology:: HAUGHTON, S.H., ED. 1964A, THE GEOLOGY OF SOME ORE}{Geology:: DEPOSITS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. V. 1, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE}{Geology:: WITWATERSRAND BASIN. GEOL. SOC. S. AFRICA, JOHANNESBURG,}{Geology:: 625 PP.}{Geology:: LIEBENBERG, W.R. 1972, MINERALOGICAL FEATURES OF GOLD}{Geology:: ORES IN SOUTH AFRICA. PUBLISHED IN GOLD METALLURGY IN SOUTH}{Geology:: AFRICA, EDITED BY R.J. ADAMSON. CHAMBER OF MINES OF S. AFR.}{Geology:: MINTER, U.E.L. 1976, DETRITAL GOLD, URANIUM, AND PYRITE}{Geology:: CONCENTRATIONS PILATED TO SEDIMENTOLOGY IN THE PRECAMBRIAN}{Geology:: VAAL REEF PLACER, WITWATERSRAND, SOUTH AFRICA. ECONOMIC}{Geology:: GEOLOGY, V. 71, PP. 157-176.}{Geology:: PRETORIUS, D.A. 1981, GOLD AND URANIUM IN QUARTZ-PEBBLE}{Geology:: CONGLOMERATES. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 75TH ANNIVERSARY VOLUME,}{Geology:: PP. 117-138.}{Geology:: PRETORIUS, D.A. 1975, THE DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF}{Geology:: THE WITWATERSRAND GOLDFIELDS. A CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW OF}{Geology:: SPECULATIONS AND OBSERVATIONS. MIN. SCI. ENGNG., V. 7,}{Geology:: NO. 1, PP. 18-47.}{Geology:: SMITH, N.D., AND W.E.L. MINTER. 1980, SEDIMENTOLOGICAL}{Geology:: CONTROLS OF GOLD AND URANIUM IN TWO WITWATERSRAND PALEO-}{Geology:: PLACERS. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 75, PP. 1-14.}{Production:: ADAMSON, R.J. (ED.). 1972, GOLD METALLURGY IN SOUTH}{Production:: AFRICA, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA, 452 PP.}{Production:: FINANCIAL TIMES. 1981, MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK}{Production:: (SELECTED EXCERPTS).}{Production:: KING, A.. 1949, GOLD METALLURGY ON THE WITWATERSRAND.}{Production:: TRANSVAAL CHAMBER OF MINES, 458 PP.}{Production:: MCQUISTON, F.W. AND R.S. SHOEMAKER. 1975, GOLD AND}{Production:: SILVER CYANIDATION PLANT PRACTICE. SOCIETY OF MINING ENG.}{Reserve-Resource:: MINING JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT. NOV.3,1978.}
ReporterBoyle, Ed