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Schiel

Prospect in South Africa with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Iron, Vermiculite
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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. Mining district
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024662
MRDS ID ISM0395
Record type Site
Current site name Schiel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.40139, -23.1634 (WGS84)
Elevation 790
Relative position CENTROID, ABOUT 5 KM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Comments on the location information

  • GANNTOUR DEPOSIT EXTENDS OVER A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 125 KM IN E-W DIRECTION. MAXIMUM WIDTH OF OUTCROPPING PHOSPHATE ZONE 5 KM. AREA (L10) IS FROM OCP- REPORT AND COMPRISES COVERED PORTION OF DEPOSIT TOO. PORTION OF DEPOSIT THAT HAS BEEN STUDIED IN DETAIL AND THAT CONTAINS THE IDENTIFIED RESERVES COVERS AN AREA OF 605 KM2. GANNTOUR DEPOSIT IS DIVIDED IN SECTIONS; FROM W TO E: YOUSSOUFIA FIELD, EL-OUATA FIELD, BEN-GUERIR FIELD, NZALET-EL-HARARCHA FIELD, TESSAOUT-WEST- AND TESSAOUT-EAST FIELD. MINING OPERATIONS IN YOUSSOUFIA FIELD SINCE 1931 AND IN BEN GUERIR FIELD SINCE 1980

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Iron Primary
Vermiculite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PHOSPHATE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
    Rock unit name Schiel Alcalic Complex
    Rock description Schiel Alcalic Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) 30.40139, -23.1634
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Magmatic Alcaline

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; SEE SEPARATE FORMS OF YOUSSOUFIA AND BEN GUERIR FIELD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1953

Mining district

District name Sibasa District

Comments on the production information

  • BREAKDOWN AFTER GRADES, SEE FORMS FOR YOUSSOUFIA & BEN-GUERIR

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1964
    Total resources 3000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 67 wt-pct Iron Major 1964

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OCP CALCULATES RESOURCES IN CUBIC METERS SEE REP4 "TOTAL PROVEN RESERVES 13-15 BILLION TONNES"
  • RESOURCES GIVEN IN OCP-REPORT ARE CUBIC METERS, CALCULATION OF TONNES SEE REP4 ORE P REC B.4180 C.MIL MT D.1982 E.65 % BPL

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). EXPLORATION(YES);

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOUBERT, P., 1964: UNPUBL. REPORT, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

  • Deposit

    VON BLATTNITZ, L.S. & LEVIN, J., 1967: UNPUBL. REPORT, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR METALLURGY, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). SURFACE, UNDERGROUND CHARACTERISTICS OF TAIBA AND TOBENE DEPOSITS AFTER WORLD BANK REPORT. TOBENE: RESERVES 27 MILLION TONNES, THICKNESS OF DEPOSIT BETWEEN 6 AND 7 M, AVERAGING 6 M, THICKNESS OF OVERBURDEN 35 M. TAIBA: RESERVES 64 MILLION TONNES, THICKNESS OF DEPOSIT BETWEEN 5 AND 15 M, AVERAGING 8 M, THICKNESS OF OVERBURDEN 25 M
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Allcock, R.J. Minerals Bureau of South Africa

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