Rooikoppiesfontein

Prospect in South Africa with commodities Platinum, Nickel

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
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	10038819
MRDS ID	M046271
Record type	Site
Current site name	Rooikoppiesfontein

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Approximate
Geographic coordinates:	25.09406, -28.99506 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Comments on the location information

ROOIKOPPIESFONTEIN FARM NO. 123

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Platinum Critical	Primary
Nickel Critical	Secondary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Sperrylite	Ore

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1)	25.09406, -28.99506	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

HR.AGE.MV: BRONZITITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Prospect
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Marico District

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046271

Bibliographic references

Deposit

WAGNER, 1929, PLATINUM DEPOSITS AND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA: STRUIK (PTY) LTD., CAPETOWN 1973, P. 98

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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