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Vaalkop - Zwartfontein Section

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. 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 10038992
MRDS ID M046492
Record type Site
Current site name Vaalkop - Zwartfontein Section
Alternate or previous names Northern Section, Long Trench Workings, Vaalkop No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 28.85586, -23.99669 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 MILES NW OF POTGIETERSRUST VERY NEAR ZWART SPRUIT RIVER, ABOUT 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

  • INCLUDES TWO WORKINGS VAALKOP NO. 1 AND ZWARTFONTEIN NO. 1

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • SULFIDE PATCHES UP TO 1 3/4 INCHES ACROSS

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 PT:PD = 38:62, ATVAALKOP UP TO 2 TOZ PER TON PGM, CALC - SILICATES CONTAIN 0.20 TO 0.80 TOZ PER TON
Result LIME SILICATE = 6 TO 86 PER TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) 28.85586, -23.99669
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Dip 25 W
    Length 396.24M
    Width 21.34M

Comments on the geologic information

  • REEF RESTS ON SILICATED - PLATINUM BEARING DOLOMITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Potgietersrust District

Comments on the production information

  • VALUES IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED, AVERAGES 0.3 TOZ PER TON

Comments on the workings information

  • PLATREEF OR WAGNER REEF OF COUSINS AND VERMAAK (1976)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, 1929, PT DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AFRICA, P. 174 - 179

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CROSS - SECTION OF VAALKOP GIVEN BY WAGNER (1929)

Reporter information

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

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