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Springs

Producer in South Africa with commodities Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, PGE, Silver, Copper, Uranium, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  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 10038861
MRDS ID M046331
Record type Site
Current site name Springs
Alternate or previous names Springs Mines, Ltd.
Related records 10255743

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 28.42367, -26.27993 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MILES SE BENONI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Osmium Secondary
Iridium Critical Secondary
Ruthenium Critical Secondary
Rhodium Critical Secondary
PGE Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL QUANTITIES PT AND AG RECOVERED BUT UNIMPORTANT IN SOUTH AFRICA TERMS. PT IS AN IMPURITY IN GOLD AND IS RECOVERED AT THE RAND REFINERY AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE PURIFICATION PROCESS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Analytical data

Result COMPOSITION OF PLATINOIDS IN PERCENT: IR = 40.6, OS = 44.1, RU = 9.4, PT = 5.3, RH = .6

Nearby scientific data

(1) 28.42367, -26.27993
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LITHIFIED PLACER

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: PEBBLY - SANDY MATRIX

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name East Rand Basin Area

Comments on the production information

  • WORKS MAIN REEF GROUP.

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 SOUTH AFRICA: STRUIK (PTY) LTD., CAPETOWN 1973, P. 32 - 40

Reporter information

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

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