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Preezburg

Occurrence in South Africa with commodity Platinum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038817
MRDS ID M046268
Record type Site
Current site name Preezburg

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 28.60919, -23.3634 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Comments on the location information

  • PREEZBURG FARM 102

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY = PT .175 OZ/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Quartz Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) 28.60919, -23.3634
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Potgietersrust District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, 1929, PLATINUM DEPOSITS AND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA: STRUIK (PTY) LTD., CAPETOWN 1973, P. 30

Reporter information

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

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

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