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Zwartfontein Central Ore Body

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038990
MRDS ID M046490
Record type Site
Current site name Zwartfontein Central Ore Body
Alternate or previous names Quarry Working

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 28.86808, -23.99669 (WGS84)
Relative position 16 MILES NW POTGIETERSRUST, ASTRIDE THE ZWART SPRUIT RIVER, 6 MILES NE OF STERKWATER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE ARE FOR UG2 LAYER IN EASTERN BUSHVELD.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chromite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Gold Ore
Graphite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sperrylite Ore

Analytical data

Result OXIDIZED ORE PT: PD = 55:45
Result SULFIDE ORE = 48:50
Result 2 TO 3 G PER TON ON 100 LEVEL IN PYROXENITE, 8 TO 10 G PER TON PYROXENE DOLOMITE FROM NO. 3 SHAFT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 28.86808, -23.99669
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 70 W
    Thickness 27.43M
    Length 1066.8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE UG2 LAYER IS 300 M BELOW THE MERENSKY REEF. ; GEOL.DESC: LIES BELOW MORENSKY REEF

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Potgietersrust District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Potgietersrust Platinums, Ltd.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • UG2 LOWER IN CU AND NI THAN MERENSKY AND NOT IN PAYABLE QUANTITIES

Comments on the workings information

  • PAYABLE OVER 1100 FT (AS OF 1929); PLATREEF OR WAGNER REEF OF COUSINS AND VERMAAK (1976)

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPING A PILOT PLANT FOR EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY OF PT METALS IN UG 2 REEF 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, 1929, PT DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AFRICA, P. 178 - 180

  • Production

    WAGNER (1929)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIES BELOW THE MORENSKY REEF
Deposit NEWMAN (1973) GIVES MINING, METALLURGY AND COST DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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