Volspruit Deposit

Prospect in South Africa with commodities Nickel, PGE
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
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000646
MRDS ID ISM0326
Record type District
Current site name Volspruit Deposit
Alternate or previous names Grasvalley, Vaalkop

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 28.95142, -24.36338 (WGS84)
Relative position TOTAL STRIKE LENGTH APPROXIMATELY 20 KM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
PGE Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 28.95142, -24.36338

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description PLUTONIC

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1924

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner RIO TINTO EXPLORATION LTD.
    Home office JOHANNESBURG
    Year 1971

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY DATA BASE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 SCHNEIDER, GABRIELE Geological Survey of South Africa

Beyond USGS

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