Phalaborwa

Producer in South Africa with commodity Zirconium
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 60000767
MRDS ID ISM0602
Record type District
Current site name Phalaborwa
Alternate or previous names Palabora

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 31.11809, -23.97998 (WGS84)
Relative position BOTH MINES (FOSKOR AND PALABORA) LOCATED WITHIN THE PHALABORWA COMPLEX.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zirconium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 31.11809, -23.97998

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description ARCHEAN GRANITE AND GNEISS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1906
Year of first production 1955
Year of last production 1987

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner PALABORA MINING CO LTD
  • Type Owner
    Owner PHOSPHATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD (FOSKOR)
  • Type Operator
    Owner PALABORA MINING CO LTD
  • Type Operator
    Owner PHOSPHATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD (FOSKOR)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KAWATA Y., ROUSE, I.M, AND VAN DER SPUY, R.C.M, 1986, BADDELEYITE ZI RCONIA - NOW AND THE FUTURE: PRESENTED AT THE 7TH INDUSTRIAL MINERALS INTER NATIONAL CONGRESS, MONTE CARLO, 1986.

  • Deposit

    KEYSER U., 1976, ZIRCONIUM: IN COETZEE, C.B., ED, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA (5TH ED.): SOUTH AFRICAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY H ANDBOOK 7, P 250-252.

  • Deposit

    PALABORA MINING CO LTD., 1987, ANNUAL REPORT.

  • Deposit

    DE JAGER D.H. AND FOURIE, P.J., 1978, A REVIEW OF AND SOME NEW ASPEC TS ON PHOSPHATE MINERALIZATION IN THE PALABORA IGNEOUS COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA: PRESENTED AT THE 1978 AIME ANNUAL MEETING, DENVER, COLORADO.

Beyond USGS

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