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Western Areas

Producer in South Africa with commodities Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038847
MRDS ID M046311
Record type Site
Current site name Western Areas
Alternate or previous names Western Areas Gold Mining Co. Ltd.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 27.71813, -26.37993 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES SE WESTONARIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Osmium Secondary
Iridium Critical Secondary
Ruthenium Critical Secondary
Rhodium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Analytical data

Result COMPOSITION OF PLATINOIDS IN PERCENT: IR = 37.3, OS = 41.2, RU = 11.8, PT = 9.1, RH = .6

Nearby scientific data

(1) 27.71813, -26.37993
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LITHIFIED PLACER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Wits Line Area , Witwatersrand

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. C. I.

Comments on the production information

  • WORKS THE ELSBERG REEF GROUP. AU/PT RECOVERY = 5300:1

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: COMBINED MILLING RATE OF 390,000 MET.TONS/MONTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. PT METALS: USGS PROF. PAPER 630, P. 45 - 48

  • Deposit

    COUSINS, 1973, PLATINOIDS IN THE WITWATERSRAND SYSTEM: JOUR. S. AFRICA INST. MIN. AND METALL., V. 73, NO. 6, P. 3 - 5

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, 1929, PT DEPOSITS AND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA: STRUIK, (PTY) LTD., CAPETOWN 1973, P. 32 - 40

  • Deposit

    PARK AND MACDIARMID, 1970, ORE DEPOSITS.

  • Deposit

    5) MINING JOURNAL, 1977, V.288

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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