Postmasburg Field

Producer in South Africa with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000580
MRDS ID ISM0172
Record type District
Current site name Postmasburg Field
Alternate or previous names Lohatlha, Manganor
Related records 10134513, 10207551

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 23.05153, -28.04659 (WGS84)
Relative position LOHATHLA IS THE MAIN MANGANESE PRODUCER IN THE POSTMASBURG FIELD

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 23.05153, -28.04659

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description DOLOMITE WHICH CONTAINS 0.5 TO 3% MN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1922
Year of first production 1923

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner SA MANGANESE AMCOR LTD. (SAMANCOR)
  • Type Operator
    Owner SA MANGANESE AMCOR LTD. (SAMANCOR)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TALJAARDT, J.J., 1979, MAJOR MANGANESE ORE FILEDS, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: SAMANCOR, JOHANNESBURG.

Beyond USGS

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