Strydfontein Mine

Past Producer in South Africa with commodity Chromium

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10102153
MRDS ID	DE00041
Record type	Site
Current site name	Strydfontein Mine

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

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Chromium Critical	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1)	25.09406, -28.99506	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Comments on development

ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BETWEEN 150,000 AND 300,000 TONNES/YEAR. OPERATION SUSPENDED IN 1988.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	DE00041

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 49

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-DEC-89	Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.)	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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