Middlepunt

Past Producer in South Africa with commodities Platinum, PGE

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
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10039257
MRDS ID	M046857
Record type	Site
Current site name	Middlepunt

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Approximate
Geographic coordinates:	25.09406, -28.99506 (WGS84)

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
PGE Critical	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1)	25.09406, -28.99506	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Transvaal

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner Anglo Transvaal Consolidated Investment Co., Ltd.

Type	Owner
Owner	Anglo Transvaal Consolidated Investment Co., Ltd.

Comments on the production information

INITIAL PRODUCTION DESIGNED FOR 15,000 OZ PGM PER YEAR

Comments on the reserve resource information

COULD SUSTAIN OPERATIONS OF 100,000 OZ PT PER YEAR

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046857

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MINING JOURNAL, 1969 , MIDDLEPUNT PT: MIN. JOUR., V. 272 , P. 548
Deposit

MINING JOURNAL, 1969 , KLOCKNER'S PT PROSPECT: MIN. JOUR, V. 273 , P. 541

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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