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Geduld

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038860
MRDS ID M046330
Record type Site
Current site name Geduld
Alternate or previous names Geduld Proprietary Mines, Ltd.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 28.44589, -26.20493 (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

  • 7 MILES EAST OF BENONI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Osmium Primary
Iridium Critical Primary
Rhodium Critical Primary
Ruthenium Critical Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 28.44589, -26.20493
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.ENV: PREC; HR.AGE.MV: PEBBLY - SANDY MATRIX

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name East Rand Basin Area, Witwatersrand

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Union Corp.

Comments on the workings information

  • PROD

Comments on development

  • LITHIFIED PLACER ; MILL.CAP: COMPOSITION OF PLATINOIDS IN PERCENT: IR = 35.7, OS = 40.3, RU = 13.7, PT = 9.4, RH = .9

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FEATHER, 1976, MINERALOGY OF THE PT-GROUP MINERALS IN THE WITWATERSRAND: ECON. GEOL. V.71, N.7.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. PT METALS: USGS PROF. PAPER 630, P. 45 - 48

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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