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Loraine

Producer in Free State, South Africa with commodities Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Rhodium, Ruthenium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038842
MRDS ID M046305
Record type Site
Current site name Loraine
Alternate or previous names Loraine Gold Mines, Ltd.
Related records 10280163

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 26.65149, -27.79656 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES SW ALANRIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Free State(province)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
South Africa Free State

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Osmium Secondary
Iridium Critical Secondary
Rhodium Critical Secondary
Ruthenium Critical Secondary

Analytical data

Result COMPOSITION OF PLATINOIDS IN PERCENT: IR = 31.3, OS = 40.1, RU = 11.1, PT = 18.4, RH = 1.1

Nearby scientific data

(1) 26.65149, -27.79656
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LITHIFIED PLACER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Orange Free State Gold Fields , Witwatersrand

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anglo Transvaal Consolidated Investment Co., Ltd.

Comments on the production information

  • WORKS THE BIRD REEF GROUP AND THE ELSBURG REEF GROUP. AU/PT RECOVERY = 1290:1

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. PT METALS: USGS PROF. PAPER 630, P. 45 - 48

  • Deposit

    COUSINS, 1973, PLATINOIDS IN THE WITWATERSRAND SYSTEM: JOUR. S. AFRICA INST. MIN. AND METALL., V. 73, NO. 6, P. 3 - 5

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, 1929, PT DEPOSITS AND MINES OF S. AFRICA: STRUIK (PTY) LTD., CAPETOWN 1973, P. 32 - 40

  • Deposit

    PARK AND MACDIARMID, 1970, ORE DEPOSITS.

  • Deposit

    5) MINING JOURNAL, 1977, V.288

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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