Wavecrest

Prospect in Eastern Cape, South Africa with commodity Titanium, Metal

Sections on this page

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
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10023895
MRDS ID	I007036
Record type	Site
Current site name	Wavecrest

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	28.36821, -32.67971 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eastern Cape(province)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
South Africa	Eastern Cape

Comments on the location information

IN TRANSKEI, CLOSE TO THE MOUTH OF THE KEI RIVER, ABOUT 400 KM SOUTH OF DURBAN. LAT-LONG IS FOR THE KEI MOUTH.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	28.36821, -32.67971	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Prospect
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner Iscor Ltd.

First year 1994

Type	Owner
Owner	Iscor Ltd.
First year	1994

Comments on development

THIS DEPOSIT IS UNLIKELY TO BE DEVELOPED BY ISCOR UNTIL 10 YEARS AFTER MINING HAS STARTED AT THE NATAL DEPOSIT NEAR RICHARDS BAY.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	I007036

Bibliographic references

Deposit

INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1994, ISCOR BUYS INTO MINERAL SANDS, IN WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 322, P. 13

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	HEAVY MINERAL SANDS.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-OCT-1994	Orris, Greta J.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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