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Insizwa

Producer in South Africa with commodities Nickel, Copper, Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038803
MRDS ID M046251
Record type Site
Current site name Insizwa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 29.3015, -30.94642 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 55 MILES WEST OF PORT EDWARD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TYPE LOCALITY FOR INSIZWAITE (CABRI) TYPE LOCALITY FOR NIGGLIITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Niccolite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result TENOR PT METALS = .025 TO .05 OZ/TON AVG. MASSIVE ORE AVERAGE = CU 9.7%, NI 4.65%, AU 1.3 OZ/TON, PLATINOIDS .63 OZ/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) 29.3015, -30.94642
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SILL, LENS - SHAPED
    Dip 22 DEG INWARD
    Length 19311.6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Griqualand East District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA, 1959: S. AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 283 - 284

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. PT METALS: USGS PROF. PAPER 630, P. 48

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, 1929, PT DEPOSITS AND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA: STRUIK (PTY) LTD., CAPETOWN 1973, P. 254 - 256

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIPS EVERYWHERE TOWARDS CENTER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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