(Facility) Purity Minerals Smelter

Plant in South Africa with commodity Chromium, Ferrochrome

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10134831
MAS/MILS ID	7910201108
Record type	Site
Current site name	(Facility) Purity Minerals Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	27.24315, -25.64664 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Chromium, Ferrochrome Critical	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	27.24315, -25.64664	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Processing Plant
Development status	Plant
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	Yes
Year of first production	1990
Plant type	Smelter
Plant subcategory	Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Ownership information

Type Owner-Operator

Owner Purity Minerals Ltd.

Interest 100

Home office South Africa

Year 1990

Type	Owner-Operator
Owner	Purity Minerals Ltd.
Interest	100
Home office	South Africa
Year	1990

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	7910201108

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	16-OCT-1992	Boyle, Ed	U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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