Buffelshoek

Prospect in South Africa with commodities Gold, Platinum, PGE
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039262
MRDS ID M046864
Record type Site
Current site name Buffelshoek
Alternate or previous names Farm Buffelshoek 368 Kt

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.03919, -24.97247 (WGS84)
Relative position N.W. OF LYDENBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
PGE Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 30.03919, -24.97247

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: MERENSKY REEF

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lydenburg

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Falconbridge S. African Exploration Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MIN. JOUR., 1968 , FALCONBRIDGE PT: MIN. JOUR. V. 271 , P. 113

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, 1969 , ECON. GEOL. PT: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 630

  • Deposit

    PARK AND MAC DIARMID, 1970 , ORE DEPOSITS: FREEMAN AND CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MERENSKY REEF

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.