Mine detail: Witwatersrand

Previously called 'Bracken Gold MineBlyvooruitzicht Gold MineWestern Deep Levels Gold MineWest Driefontein Gold MineWestern Areas Gold MineSouth Roodepoort Main Reef Gold MineWest Rand Consolidated Gold MineVaal Reefs Gold MineLeslie Gold MineWinckelhaak Gold Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

-26.16331, 28.00146

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, PGE, Uranium
Discovery year:	1892

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	PLACER, CONTINENTAL
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1922

Geology

Structure:

CLASTIC SEDIMENTARY FACIES

References

MRDS	ISM0327
DEP	60000647
Reference	{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA (1980) MINERAL DEPOSITS AND OCCURRENCES IN SOUTH AFRICA (SHEET 2626 WEST-RAND). - OPEN FILE 157}{Deposit:: FEATHER, C.E. (1976) MINERALOGY OF PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS IN THE WITWATERSRAND, SOUTH AFRICA. - ECON. GEOL. 7117, 1399-1428}{Deposit:: COUSINS, C.A. (1973): PLATINOIDS IN THE WITWATERSRAND SYSTEM. - J. MIN. MET. SOC. S. AFR. 1/1973, 184-199}{Deposit:: FEATHER, C.E. AND KOEN, G.M. (1975): THE MINERALOGY OF THE WITWATERSRAND REEFS. - MINERALS SCI. ENG. 7, 189-224}
Reporter	SCHNEIDER, GABRIELE