Eland Platinum Mining Co.

Past Producer in South Africa with commodity Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039214
MRDS ID M046793
Record type Site
Current site name Eland Platinum Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 27.28477, -24.78001 (WGS84)
Relative position ADJACENT TO AMANDELBULT MINE NEAR CHROMEDALE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 27.28477, -24.78001

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BUSHVELD IGNEOUS COMPLEX

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rustenburg District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rustenburg Platinum Mines, Ltd.
    Home office Rustenburg, R.S.A.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 6437.2M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENG. MIN. JOUR., 1974, AMANDELBULT MINE: ENG. MIN. JOUR., V. 175, N. 8

  • Deposit

    BUTTERMAN, 1976, PT - GROUP METALS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MIN. YEARBOOK FOR 1974

  • Deposit

    SOUTH AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1970, GEOL. MAP OF S. AFRICA: S. AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1:1,000,000

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RUSTENBURG PLATINUM MINES PURCHASED ELAND PLATINUM MINING CO. IN 1974

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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