Murchison

Producer in South Africa with commodities Gold, Arsenic, Antimony, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, PGE, Silver
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106901
MRDS ID M046563
Record type Site
Current site name Murchison
Alternate or previous names Antimony Mine, Consolidated Murchison
Related records 10208120

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.76111, -23.88558 (WGS84)
Relative position N. E. TRANSVAAL, 25 MILES WEST OF PHALABORWA, 2 MILES SW OF MULATI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Palladium Critical Secondary
Rhodium Critical Secondary
PGE Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL QUANTITIES PT AND AG RECOVERED BUT UNIMPORTANT IN SOUTH AFRICA TERMS. PT IS AN IMPURITY IN GOLD AND IS RECOVERED AT THE RAND REFINERY AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE PURIFICATION PROCESS.

Analytical data

Result SB ORE: 0.31% PT, 0.62% PD, 0.12% RH, 98.93% AU
Result AS ORE: 0.31% PT, 0.31% PD, 0.01% RH, 99.36% AU

Nearby scientific data

(1) 30.76111, -23.88558

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Letaba Mining District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COUSINS AND VERMAAK, 1976, ECON. GEOL. V. 71, P. 287 - 305

  • Deposit

    LIST OF WORKING MINES IN REPUBLIC OF S. AFRICA, 1968: DEPT. MINES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, NO. 18 SUPPL., P. 2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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