Piet Retief Area

Occurrence in South Africa with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium

Sections on this page

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10008279
MRDS ID	D000290
Record type	Site
Current site name	Piet Retief Area
Related records	10256381

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	30.83475, -26.91322 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Iron	Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical	Tertiary
Vanadium Critical	Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	30.83475, -26.91322	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

GEOL.DESC: SEGREGATIONS OF TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE IN GABBRO

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	E. Transvaal

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	D000290

Bibliographic references

Deposit

S. AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1959, ML. RES. OF S. AFRICA, 4TH ED

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-SEP-1973	Fischer, Richard P.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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