1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Middleplaats

Past Producer in South Africa with commodity Manganese
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183101
MRDS ID W031002
MAS/MILS ID 7910050033
Record type Site
Current site name Middleplaats
Alternate or previous names Middleplaats Mn Mine
Related records 10080051

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 22.91822, -27.32991 (WGS84)
Elevation 1100
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bixbyite Unknown
Braunite Unknown
Cryptomalene Unknown
Hausmanite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 22.91822, -27.32991
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 10W
    Thickness 10M
    Depth to top 400M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N60W:10W
    Minimum Depth to Top 300
    Date of Last Modification 900427

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1965
Year of first production 1976

Mining district

District name Kalahari Field; Kuruman District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Samancor Ltd
    Interest 100
    Home office South Africa
    Year 1988

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Indicated 40000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 40000000mt ore
    Total resources 40000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 38 wt-pct Manganese Major 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JULY, 1976, P.61

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 288, NO.7382FEB. 11,1977, P.106

  • Deposit

    COAL, GOLD, AND BASE MINERALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA.

  • Deposit

    "MIDDELPLAATS MECHANIZATION SUCCESS." DECEMBER 1980.

  • Deposit

    PP. 28-31.

  • Deposit

    "MIDDELPLAATS: MECHANIZATION TO A 'T'." SEPTEMBER 1979

  • Deposit

    "MIDDELPLAATS ON SCHEDULE: TREATMENT PLANT

  • Deposit

    COMMISSIONED." MARCH 1979. PP. 22-24.

  • Deposit

    "MIDDELPLAATS SHAFT COMPLETE." APRIL 1979. PP. 81-85.

  • Deposit

    "MANGANESE MINER." MINING SURVEY SUPPLEMENT TO FINANCIAL

  • Deposit

    MAIL. SEPTEMBER 28, 1979. PP. 57-59.

  • Deposit

    MINING AND ENGINEERING JOURNAL. "MIDDELPLAATS OPENS UP A

  • Deposit

    NEW ERA IN SOUTH AFRICAN MINING." OCTOBER 1979.

  • Deposit

    PP. 65-69.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE. "MIDDELPLAATS MANGANESE." PP. 325-327.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING. "MIDDELPLAATS UNDERGROUND MINE IS HIGHLY

  • Deposit

    MECHANIZED." NOVEMBER 1979. PP. 52-54.

  • Deposit

    FRANKEL, J.J. MANGANESE ORES FROM THE KURUMAN DISTRICT,

  • Deposit

    UPPER CAPE PROVINCE. SOUTH AFRICA ECON. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    V.53, 1958, PP. 577-597.

  • Deposit

    PELLETIER, R.A. MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA.

  • Deposit

    OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, LONDON. 1964, P. 98.

  • Deposit

    DEVILLIERS, JOHN. MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE UNION OF SOUTH

  • Deposit

    AFRICA. GEOL. SURV. OF SOUTH AFRICA HANDBOOK NO.2

  • Deposit

    1960, 248PP.

  • Deposit

    DEVILLIERS, P.R. THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE KALAHARI

  • Deposit

    MANGANESE FIELD, NORTH OF SISHEN, CAPE PROVINCE.

  • Deposit

    GEOL. SURV. OF SOUTH AFRICA MEMOIR 59, 1970, 58 PP.

  • Deposit

    STREIDER, PETER. SOUTH AFRICA'S ROLE IN WORLD MANGANESE.

  • Deposit

    PRES. AT SOUTHERN AFRICAN METALS AND MINERALS

  • Deposit

    CONFERENCE. JOHANNSEBURG, MAY 12, F1981, 15 PP.

  • Deposit

    TALJAARDT, J.J. MAJOR MANGANESE FIELDS. REPUBLIC OF SOUTH

  • Deposit

    AFRICA. JOHANNESBURG. NOV. 1979,

  • Deposit

    UPDATED NOV. 1982, 11 PP.

  • Deposit

    BOARDMAN, L.G. FURTHER GEOLOGICAL DATA ON THE POSTMASBURG

  • Deposit

    AND KURUMAN MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS, NORTHERN CAPE

  • Deposit

    PROVINCE. IN GEOLOGY OF SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN SOUTHERN

  • Deposit

    AFRICA. V2 GEOL. SURV. OF SOUTH AFRICA. 1964,

  • Deposit

    PP. 415-440.

  • Deposit

    DUKE, V.W.A. COMPILER. MANGANESE, A MINERAL COMMODITY

  • Deposit

    REVIEW. SOUTH AFRICA DEPT. OF MINES, MINERALS BUREAU.

  • Deposit

    INTERNAL REPORT NO. 53, 1979, PP. 90-113.

  • Deposit

    HAMMERBECK, E.C.I. AND J.J. TALJAARDT. MANGANESE. IN

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

  • Deposit

    HANDBOOK NI.7 C.B. COETZEE,ED. PRETORIA, 1976,

  • Deposit

    PP. 167-172.

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL MATERIALS ADVISORY BOARD. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF

  • Deposit

    SCIENCE-NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. MANGANESE RESOURCES

  • Deposit

    OF THE WORLD AND THEIR INDUSTRIAL IMPLICATIONS.

  • Deposit

    NMAB-374 WASHINGTON D.C. 1981, PP. 186-200.

  • Deposit

    U.S. DEPARTMANT OF STATE. SOUTH AFRICA'S MANGANESE SECTOR.

  • Deposit

    AIRGRAM A-30, JOHANNESBURG. APR. 30, 1982, 53 PP.

  • Deposit

    SOUTH AFRICAN MINING AND ENGINEERING JOURNAL. MIDDLEPLAATS

  • Deposit

    OPENS UP A NEW ERA IN SOUTH AFRICAN MINING.

  • Deposit

    OCT. 1979, PP. 65-69.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MIDDELEPLAATS WAS SHUT DOWN IN 1982, APPARENTLY FOR THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE, BECAUSE OF THE LOWGRADE MN, 38 PCT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JUN-1991 Coffman, Joe U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site