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Drenthe 778

Past Producer in South Africa with commodities Platinum, Chromium, Nickel, Palladium, Copper, Gold, PGE
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  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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039349
MRDS ID M047001
Record type Site
Current site name Drenthe 778
Alternate or previous names Farm Drenthe 778 Lr

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 28.88474, -23.91337 (WGS84)
Relative position 20 MILES NW POTGIETERSRUST

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
Chromium Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PLATREEF

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 28.88474, -23.91337
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SHEET
    Thickness 150M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Potgietersrust District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Union Carbide Exploration Corp.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, 1929 , PT DEPOSITS SOUTH AFRICA: STRVIK LTD. CAPETOWN

  • Deposit

    VON GRUENEWALDT, 1977 , MIN. RES. BUSHVELD: MIN. SCI. ENG.

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF PLATINUM: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 630.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLATREEF NAMED BY GEOLOGISTS OF THE JOHANNESBURG CONSOLIDATED INVESTMENT CO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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