Mine detail: Wessels

Previously called 'Wessels Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: -27.16332, 22.83482

Resource(B)

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Iron, Magnesite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica
Other material: Bixbyite, Braunite, Cryptomalene, Hausmanite, Jacobsite

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1973

Geology

References

MRDSW028267
MAS7910050002
DEP10304745
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ReporterCoffman, Joe