Twyfelaar

Prospect in South Africa with commodities Platinum, Chromium

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10038813
MRDS ID	M046264
Record type	Site
Current site name	Twyfelaar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	30.15973, -24.33 (WGS84)
Relative position	9 MILES NORTH OF MOOIHOEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Platinum Critical	Primary
Chromium Critical	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

PROSPECTED IN 1926, NOT THOUGHT TO BE ECONOMICAL

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chromite	Ore

Analytical data

Result	ASSAY = PT .20 OZ/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1)	30.15973, -24.33	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form PIPE - SHAPED

General form	PIPE - SHAPED

Comments on the geologic information

HR.AGE.MV: OLIVINE DUNITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Prospect
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Lydenburg District

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046264

Bibliographic references

Deposit

WAGNER, 1929, PLATINUM DEPOSITS AND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA: STRUIK (PTY) LTD., CAPETOWN, 1973 P. 91 - 92

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-OCT-1975	Blair, Will N.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.