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Wallekraal Deposit

Producer in Eastern Cape, South Africa with commodity Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021621
MRDS ID DE00299
Record type Site
Current site name Wallekraal Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 16.87103, -28.32998 (WGS84)
Relative position CLAIM: 1 KM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eastern Cape(province)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
South Africa Eastern Cape

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Hilda Suite, Gariep Complex
    Rock description Hilda Suite, Gariep Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 16.87103, -28.32998
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Miogeosynclinal

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRINCIPAL MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES: SCLT + QRTZ. MINERALIZATION PROBABLY GENETICALLY RELATED TO KUBOOS GRANITE PLUTON (DATED 585 MA, U-PB), TWO SITES OF MINERALIZATION 1.5 KM APART. ABOUT 30 VEINS IN TOTAL OF AVERAGE WIDTH 0.5 M. VEINS ARE 20-30 M APART, SUBVERTICAL AND TREND ENE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1968
Year of first production 1968
Year of last production 1971

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mr. C. De Wet Rossouw

Production statistics

  • Year 1968
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^65% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 65wt-pct
  • Year 1969
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^65% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 65wt-pct
  • Year 1970
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^65% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 65wt-pct
  • Year 1971
    Period 1968-1971
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^65% ? Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 65wt-pct
  • Year 1971
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^65% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 65wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ANNUAL PRODUCTION ITEMS 1-4: THE AMOUNT WAS ENTERED AS AN AVERAGE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 50HA

Comments on the workings information

  • OVERALL AREA INCLUDES 2 SEPARATE AREAS.

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN MINE: NO. ACTIVE EXPLORATION IN DISTRICT: NO. ASSESSMENT: SHORT TERM PRODUCER ON A SMALL SCALE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 439-446.

  • Deposit

    KRONER, A., 1974, BULLETIN PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH UNIT UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN, NO. 13, 115 P.

  • Deposit

    BOWLES, M., 1984, REPORT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA, 1984-0165 (UNPUBLISHED).

  • Production

    BOWLES, M., 1984, P. 7.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH OF UNCONSOLIDATED COVER: 0 M. PRODUCT UPGRADED BEFORE EXPORT: CONCENTRATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1984 Bowles, Michael Geological Survey of South Africa

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