Zwartfontein Central Mine

Prospect in South Africa with commodities Platinum, Palladium, Nickel, Copper
Sections on this page
  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 10097102
MRDS ID M046258
Record type Site
Current site name Zwartfontein Central Mine
Alternate or previous names Potgietersrust Platinums, Ltd.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 28.91391, -23.99669 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 MILES NORTH OF POTGIETERSRUS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sperrylite Ore

Analytical data

Result PANNINGS = PT .075 OZ/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) 28.91391, -23.99669

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 70 DEG W
    Thickness 0.15M
    Length 656.16M
    Width 91.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Potgietersrust District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATED RESERVES FROM PANNINGS, 150,000 TONS OF GRAVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, 1929, PLATINUM DEPOSITS AND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA: STRUIK (PTY) LTD., CAPETOWN, 1973, P. 286, 178

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES OF S. AFRICA, 1959; 4TH ED.: S. AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 167

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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