Bantu Mining Corp.

Occurrence in South Africa with commodities Platinum, Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10039229
MRDS ID	M046816
Record type	Site
Current site name	Bantu Mining Corp.
Related records	10134904

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	30.28474, -25.09663 (WGS84)
Relative position	NEAR LYDENBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Comments on the location information

COORDINATES OF LYDENBURG

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Platinum Critical	Primary
Gold	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	30.28474, -25.09663	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Eastern Transvaal

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046816

Bibliographic references

Deposit

BUTTERMAN, MINERAL INDUSTRY SURVEYS, 1977 , FIRST QUARTER PT: US DEPT. INTERIOR, BUR. MINES

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	BANTU MINING CORP. A GOVT. CORP. WHICH CONTROLS MINERAL CONCESSIONS IN BLACK TRIBAL HOMELANDS, INVITED MINING COMPANIES TO ESTABLISH A PT MINE IN THE REEF NEAR LYDENBURG

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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