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Driekop Deposit

Past Producer in South Africa with commodities Platinum, Palladium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103710
MRDS ID M046278
Record type Site
Current site name Driekop Deposit
Alternate or previous names Driekop Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.17919, -24.57833 (WGS84)
Relative position 32 MILES N. 28 DEG W. OF LYDENBURG

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • LAST OPERATED BY LYDENBURG PLATINUM AREAS, LTD.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sperrylite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS = .02 TO .53 PT OZ/TON OLIVINE = 1.1 OZ/TON PT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 30.17919, -24.57833
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form INTRUSIVE CORE
    Dip 77 DEG NE
    Thickness 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 140.21M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lydenburg District

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE = 80 X 60 FEET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, 1929, PLATINUM DEPOSITS AND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA: STRUIK (PTY) LTD., CAPETOWN 1973, P. 285, 286, 81 - 85

  • Deposit

    HALL, 1932, BUSHVELD IGNEOUS COMPLEX: S. AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MEM. 28, P. 476

Reporter information

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

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