Mine detail: Vaal Reefs

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -26.94659, 26.71818

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold, Uranium
Secondary: Silver, Sulfur
Other material: Gold, Pyrite, Quartz, Silver, Uraninite
Discovery year: 1942

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1956

Geology

References

MRDSW014845
MAS7910200059
DEP10232040
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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. 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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.}{Reserve-Resource:: AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUN 93,}{Reserve-Resource:: P. 32.}
ReporterBoyle, Ed