Mine detail: Langebaan Area

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -32.99649, 18.11835

Resource(N)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Discovery year: 1897

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: PHOSPHATIC BEACH SANDS (BOTH CONSOLIDATED AND UNCONSOLIDATED)
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1917

Geology

Structure:FOSSIL RICH, LATE MIOCENE TO EARLY PLIOCENE DEPOSITS

References

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DEP60000669
ReferenceTHE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 5TH ED., 1976, PP.399-406, PRETORIA