Vanadium Mines

Producer in South Africa with commodities Iron, Titanium, Vanadium
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304611
MAS/MILS ID 7910200015
Record type Site
Current site name Vanadium Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 27.50145, -25.49664 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 27.50145, -25.49664

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bushveld Igneous Complex

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Highveld Steel
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Transvaal Alloys
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Union Carbide
    Home office New York
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner Newmont Mining Corp.
    Interest 12
    Home office New York
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RECENT EXPERIENCES OF COTINUOUS CASTING AT HIGHVELD STEEL AN

  • Deposit

    IUM CORP LTD IN JOUR OF THE S.AFRICAN INST OF MIN MET JUNE 1

  • Deposit

    A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH GRADE VANADIUM PENTOXID

  • Deposit

    SOLUTIONS CONTAINING CHROMIUM ANDSILICA IN JOUR OF THE S.AFR

  • Deposit

    ST.OF MIN AND MET APRIL 1968

  • Deposit

    THE RECOVERY OF VANADIUM PENTOXIDE AT THE TRANSVAAL VANADIUM

  • Deposit

    N JOUR OF THE S.AFRICAN INST OF MIN AND MET APRIL 1968 P39

  • Deposit

    MINING ANN REV 1973 P17 AND 295

  • Deposit

    MINING ANN REV 1974 P89

  • Deposit

    MINING ANN REV 1971 P71

  • Deposit

    DE KUN THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFRICA P196

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.