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Mapochs Mine

Producer in South Africa with commodities Iron, Vanadium, Titanium, Metal
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079127
MRDS ID W028040
Record type Site
Current site name Mapochs Mine
Related records 10304521

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 29.91809, -25.2133 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 3 KILOMETERS SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OR ROOSSENEKAL; 90 KILOMETERS NORTHEAST OF MIDDELBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Titanium, Metal Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINE-RUN ORE IS PROCESSED BY THE FIRM'S INTEGRATED COMPLEX (NEAR WITBANK TRANSVAAL) TO PRODUCE FINISHED ROLLED STEEL PRODUCTS, VANADIUM PENTOXIDE AND TITANIUM-RICH SLAG.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Olivine Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Surface And Near Surface Alteration Of Feldspathic Materials Separating Magnetite Seams Has Upgraded Ore Selectively.

Analytical data

Result SEE PRODUCTION ENTRIES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Bushveld Igneous Complex, Upper Zone (Titaniferous Magnetite Seams Separated By Gabbro, Norite, Anorthosite And Pyrozenite)
    Rock description Bushveld Igneous Complex, Upper Zone (Titaniferous Magnetite Seams Separated By Gabbro, Norite, Anorthosite And Pyrozenite)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Norite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 29.91809, -25.2133
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Inward-Dipping Cone-Like Structure; Folding And Faulting (Including Low-Thrusting) Exists, But Are Of Minor Importance; Erosion, Peneplanation And Build-Up Of Younger Sediments Are Basic Criteria Regionally.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Three Magnetite Seams Occur In Upper Zone Of Bushveld Igneous Complex, Separated By Pyroxenite, Norite, Gabbro And Anorthosite. All Beds Flat-Dipping; Folding And Faulting Only Of Minor Importance Locally.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Strike N - S
    Dip 12 - 14 DEG. W
    Thickness 1.2M
    Depth to bottom 30M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Various Components Of The Bushveld Igneous Complex Have Been Emplaced In Successive Eruptions As Sheet-Like Masses Into Pretoria Series Volcanics, And In Some Cases Into One Another, Dipping Inward Toward The Center Giving A Cone-Like Structure To The Complex As A Whole.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1968

Mining district

District name Bushveld Igneous Complex

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Highveld Steel And Vanadium Corp. Ltd.

Production statistics

  • Year 1977
    Material ORE FE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^56.0 % Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 56wt-pct
  • Year 1978
    Material ORE FE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^ 13.0 % Tio2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Titanium Titanium 13wt-pct
  • Year 1979
    Material ORE FE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^ 1.7 % V2o5
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    V2O5 Ore Vanadium Vanadium 2wt-pct
  • Year 1980
    Material ORE FE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^56.0% Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 56wt-pct
  • Year 1981
    Material ORE FE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^ 13.0% Tio2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Titanium Titanium 13wt-pct
  • Year 1982
    Material ORE FE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^56.0% Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 56wt-pct
  • Year 1983
    Material ORE FE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^ 1.7% V2o5 (Analyses Approximate Only)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    V2O5 Ore Vanadium Vanadium 2wt-pct
  • Year 1984
    Period 1968-1984
    Material ORE FE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^56.0 % Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 56wt-pct
  • Year 1984
    Material ORE FE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^ 13.0% Tio2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Titanium Titanium 13wt-pct
  • Year 1985
    Material ORE FE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^ 1.7% V2o5 (Analyses Approximate Only)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    V2O5 Ore Vanadium Vanadium 2wt-pct
  • Year 1986
    Material ORE FE
    Description Ap_Grade: ^56% Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 56wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE GRADES ARE ESTIMATES FROM EARLIER COMPANY PUBLICATIONS. PRECISE GRADE DATA ON AN ANNUAL BASIS ARE NOT AVAILABLE ; NO DATA AVAILABLE FOR 1986 ; ACCURATE GRADES FOR 1980 NOT AVAILABLE. ESTIMATES BASED ON EARLIER COMPANY INFORMATION. ; ORE GRADES ARE ESTIMATES FROM EARLIER COMPANY PUBLICATIONS. PRECISE GRADE DATA FOR 1979 NOT AVAILABLE. ; ORE GRADES ARE ESTIMATES FROM EARLIER COMPANY PUBLICATIONS. PRECISE GRADE DATA FOR 1978 NOT AVAILABLE.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Total resources 2000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 56 wt-pct Iron Major 1975

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FULLY DEVELOPED AND BLOCKED OUT ORE ONLY. PROBABLE AND POSSIBLE RESERVES NOT INCLUDED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 30M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPTH BELOW THE SURFACE REFERS ONLY TO CURRENT MINING DEPTH DOWN-DIP (SEE, ALSO, DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSIT). MINING METHOD IS OPEN PIT ONLY. REMARKABLE UNIFORMITY OF THE TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE SEAMS IN THIS LOCALITY (AND OVER A 250 KILOMETER STRIKE DISTANCE IN THE BUSHVELD IGNEOUS COMPLEX) PROVIDE "UNLIMITED" RESOURCES AND FLEXIBILITY IN FUTURE MINING PLANS.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL INVESTMENT REFERS TO MINE AND STEEL/VANADIUM/TITANIUM COMPLEX (MINE INVESTMENT, SEPARATELY, NOT AVAILABLE). ; TOTAL$: 220.7 ; MILL.CAP: 1.8 MIL. MET. T/YR. ; ECON.YEAR: 1977 ; ECON.COM: THE PARENT COMPANY PLANNED ITS STEEL MILLS AND VANADIUM AND TITANIUM RECOVERY UNITS PRECISELY TO FIT THE TYPE OF ORE EXISTING AT THIS MINE. LONG LIFE, THEREFORE, APPEARS TO BE ASSURED. HIGHVELD STEEL & VANADIUM IS CURRENTLY THE WORLD LEADER IN VANADIUM MINING, PROCESSING AND SALES. ALL ORE MINED SOLD CAPTIVELY TO PARENT COMPANY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, FIFTH EDITION, HANDBOOK 7 ; (IRON AND VANADIUM CHAPTERS); DEPARTMENT OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; 1976

  • Deposit

    COAL, GOLD, AND BASE MINERALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, 1975, OCTOBER 1975.

  • Deposit

    HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM CORPORATION, 1977, ANNUAL REPORTS.

  • Deposit

    HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM CORPORATION, 1976, ANNUAL REPORTS.

  • Deposit

    HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM CORPORATION,1975, ANNUAL REPORTS.

  • Production

    HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM CORP LTD ANNUAL REPORTS ; HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM ANNUAL REPORT 1982 ; HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM ANNUAL REPORT 1983 ; HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM ANNUAL REPORT - 1984 ; HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM ANNUAL REPORT - 1985 ; HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM CORPORATION LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT 1980 ; ANNUAL REPORT - HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM, 1981 ; HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM CORPORATION LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORT 1979 ; HIGHVELD STEEL AND VANADIUM CORPORATION LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORT 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH TO TOP REFERS TO MAIN MAGNETITE SEAM FROM OUTCROP TO DEPTH OF CURRENT OPEN PIT DOWN-DIP. THE MAIN MAGNETITE SEAM HAS, HOWEVER, BEEN TRACED BY DRILLING TO A VERTICAL DEPTH OF 645 METERS. MAGNETITE QUALITIES PERSIST UNIFORMLY TO THIS MAXIMUM DEPTH, BUT VANADIUM CONTENTS DECLINE FROM OVER 1.0 PERCENT IN NEAR SURFACE OCCURRENCES TO 0.2 PERCENT AT THE GREATER DEPTH.
Deposit INFORMATION MERGED FROM RECORD NUMBER W028912 ; W028913 ; W030963 ; W032363 ; W033033 ; W033083 ; W033753 ; W044595 ; W055339

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Sweetwood, Charles W. Department of State
Updater 01-JUN-1985 Mccarter, Lorna D. Department of State
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Sweetwood, Charles W. Department of State
Updater 01-JUL-1981 Mccarter, Lorna D. Department of State
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Mccarter, Lorna D. Department of State
Updater 01-JUL-1984 Mccarter, Lorna D. Department of State
Updater 01-JUL-1983 Mccarter, Lorna D. Department of State
Updater 01-JUN-1985 Mccarter, Lorna D Department of State
Updater 01-APR-1986 Mccarter, Lorna D Department of State
Updater 01-JUL-1987 Mccarter, Lorna D. Department of State

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