Wonderkop

Prospect in South Africa with commodities Platinum, PGE
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039256
MRDS ID M046856
Record type Site
Current site name Wonderkop
Alternate or previous names Farm Wonderkop 400

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: 25.09406, -28.99506 (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

  • IN THE RUSTENBURG AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Tertiary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) 25.09406, -28.99506

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rustenburg - Transvaal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lonhrd Ltd.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 1969 , LONHRD STRIKES PLATINUM: MIN. JOUR. V. 272 , P. 451

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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