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Witkop Fluorspar Mine

Producer in South Africa with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001749
MRDS ID W028418
Record type District
Current site name Witkop Fluorspar Mine
Related records 10231499

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 26.06817, -25.71335 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) SURFACE AND NEAR-SURFACE ALTERATION OF THE DOLOMITE TO A MANGANIFEROUS SOIL-LIKE CLAY, RICH IN FLUORSPAR.

Nearby scientific data

(1) 26.06817, -25.71335
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description LOCAL STRUCTURES FOLLOW THE REGIONAL PATTERN PRECISELY. THE DOLOMITE, AND ITS CONTAINED FLUORSPAR, DISPLAYS LITTLE OR NO DIP LOCALLY. FAULTING AND FOLDING IS NON-EXISTENT.
Type of structure Regional
Structure description THE BEDS OF THIS AREA ARE GENERALLY FLAT OR DIP VERY GENTLY. EXCEPT FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THE BUSHVELD IGNEOUS COMPLEX, ITS SUBSEQUENT EROSION, AND THE DEPOSITION AND DENUDATION OF MORE RECENT SEDIMENTS, LITTLE OR NO OTHER STRUCTURAL INFLUENCES ARE EVIDENT. FOLDING AND FAULTING, REGIONALLY, ARE OF MINOR IMPORTANCE ONLY.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • ORE CONTROL IS ATTRIBUTED TO METAMORPHISM INDUCED BY THE BUSHVELD IGNEOUS COMPLEX (NOW NO LONGER IN EXISTANCE IN THIS AREA). "ALGAL ORES", OCCURING AS STRATIFORM BODIES IN THIS PORTION OF THE OVERALL DEPOSIT, EXIST ONLY IN THE UPPER PART OF THE DOLOMITE SERIES; AS REPLACEMENTS OF STROMATOLITIC STRUCTURES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner PHELPS DODGE OF AFRICA, LTD.
  • Type Operator
    Owner CHEMS PAR LIMITED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FLUORSPAR; VOL. V; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR METALLURGY, NATURAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, DEPARTMENTS OF PLANNING, OERTEL, M. K.; 1966 .

  • Deposit

    OPERATING MINES IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, DIRECTORY NO. 1/79 ; MINERALS BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF MINES; 1979 .

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