Vlackfontein 902

Past Producer in South Africa with commodities Nickel, Gold, Platinum
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038825
MRDS ID M046281
Record type Site
Current site name Vlackfontein 902

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 27.02089, -25.33832 (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

  • VLACKFONTEIN FARM NO. 902

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Graphite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sperrylite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY = N 2.17%, CU .85% AVG.

Nearby scientific data

(1) 27.02089, -25.33832

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE SHAPED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1910

Mining district

District name Rustenburg District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, 1929, PLATINUM DEPOSITS AND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA: STRUIK (PTY) LTD., CAPETOWN 1973, P. 97 - 215

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, 1924, MAGMATIC NICKEL DEPOSITS OF THE BUSHVELD: S. AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MEM. 21, P. 129 - 146

  • Deposit

    PARK AND MACDIARMID, 1970, ORE DEPOSITS

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.