Mine detail: Wolfram Schist Belt

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -29.5799, 17.8349

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Discovery year: 1938

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: VEIN
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1941
Last production ended: 1956

Geology

Structure:ULTRAMETAMORPHIC/PLUTONIC

References

MRDSDE00300
DEP60000422
Reference{Deposit:: COETZEE, C.B., ED., 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: 5TH EDITION, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HANDBOOK 7, P. 227-229.}{Deposit:: SOUTH AFRICAN COMMITTEE FOR STRATIGRAPHY (SACS), 1980, STRATIGRAPHY OF SOUTH AFRICA, PART 1, COMPILED BY L.E. KENT, SOUTH AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HANDBOOK 8, P. 275-281.}{Deposit:: CLIFFORD, T.N., GRONOW, J., REX, D.C., AND BURGER, A.J., 1975, JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY, VOL. 6, P. 154-188.}{Deposit:: NICOLAYSEN, L.O. AND BURGER, A.J., 1965, SCIENCE DE LA TERRE, VOL. 10, P. 497-516.}{Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA RECORD (1984).}