Mine detail: Venterspost

Previously called 'Venterspost Gold Mining Co,Ltd'

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Location

Lat / long: -26.29661, 27.63146

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver, Sulfur
Other material: Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver
Discovery year: 1897

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1939

Geology

References

MRDSW027858
MAS7910200060
DEP10304807
Reference{Deposit:: A SURVEY OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH AFRICA,BY R.B.TOOM}{Deposit:: RAL INFORMATION BULLETIN MR 58,1962,MINER.RES.DIV,DEPT.MINES}{Deposit:: WITWATERSRAND GOLD,WORLD MINING, MAY,1977,P.50-53.}{Deposit:: WORLD MINES REGISTER 76-77,MILLER FREEMAN PUB,INC.}{Deposit:: DETRITAL GOLD,URANIUM,AND PYRITE CONCENTRATIONS RELATED TO S}{Deposit:: OLOGY IN THE PRECAMBRIAN VAAL REEF PLACER,WITWATERSRAND,SOUT}{Deposit:: A;W.E.L.MINTER,ECON-GEOL,V-71,#1,1977,P.157-176}{Deposit:: E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSIN}{Deposit:: TIONS,PUB.BY ENG.AND MIN.JOURN,MCGRAW HILL,N.Y,1976}{Deposit:: GEOL.SURV,SP.PUBL.18,1972,S.AFRICA}{Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW,PUB.MIN.JOURN,LONDON,1977,P.431-443}{Deposit:: MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH AFRICA,GEOL.SURV.PUB,EDT,BY C.B.C}{Deposit:: HAND BOOK 7,1976,FIFTH EDITION,P.39-74,233-240.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL,QUARTER ENDING,JUNE,1977}{Deposit:: THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA,GEOL.SUR.}{Deposit:: 9,4TH EDITION.}{Deposit:: WITWATERSRAND MINING PRACTICE,BY WATERMEYER,G.A.AND HOFFENBE}{Deposit:: PUB.BY THE TRANSVAAL CHAMBER OF MINES,GOLD PRODUCERS COMMITT}{Deposit:: VENTERSPOST GOLD MINING CO,LTD,ANNUAL REPORTS,1975,1976.}{Reserve-Resource:: AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUN 93,P. 32.}
ReporterBoyle, Ed