| Deposit ID | 10183256 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 7910202056 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | (Facility) Spring Refinery |
| Geographic coordinates: | 28.43475, -26.2633 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
South Africa(country)
Africa(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country |
|---|
| South Africa |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Nickel Critical | Primary |
| PGE Critical | Primary |
| (1) | 28.43475, -26.2633 |
|---|
| Operation type | Processing Plant |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Plant type | Refiner |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Impala Platinum Ltd. |
| Home office | South Africa |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Union Corp./General Finance Group Of S. Africa |
| Interest | 58 |
| Home office | South Africa |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Inco Ltd. |
| Interest | 10 |
| Home office | Canada |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Bishopsgate Platinum |
| Interest | 22 |
| Home office | South Africa |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | National Selections |
| Interest | 5 |
| Home office | South Africa |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Industrial Selections |
| Interest | 5 |
| Home office | South Africa |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 7910202056 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 21-OCT-1983 | Zimbelman | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:
Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.