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Buffalo Fluorspar Mine

Producer in South Africa with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Quartz, Aluminum, Calcium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069467
MRDS ID W007006
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo Fluorspar Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 28.60142, -24.53 (WGS84)
Elevation 1400
Relative position 8 KM WEST OF NABOOMSPRUIT, 200 KM. NORTH OF PRETORIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE FOR NABOOMSPRUIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Quartz Tertiary
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Monazite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE IS ABOUT 20% CAF2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Bushveld Complex Granite (Red Coarse, Pink Fine)
    Rock description Bushveld Complex Granite (Red Coarse, Pink Fine)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 28.60142, -24.53
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Waterberg Hills, Bushveld Igneous Complex
Type of structure Local
Structure description Steeply Dipping Joints

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR THIN BEDS AND VEINLETS
    Depth to bottom 50M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Of Original Inclusions (Possibly Quartzite) Which Changed To Pink Granite. Also Joint Control

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Waterberg District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner General Mining And Finance Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • ITEMS 1 TO 5 - BASED ON MILL CAPACITY. ITEM 8 - ESTIMATED FROM ITEMS 1 - 5

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1965
    Total resources 5150000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 20 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1965

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTH OPEN PIT WAS 400 M BY 150 M IN 1964.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MILL CAPACITY: 110,000 TONS PER MONTH ORE, 150,000 TONS PER YEAR ACID GRADE PRODUCT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHERMETTE, A., 1964, LE SPATH-FLUOR EN AFRIQUE DU SUD: MINES ET METALLURGIE, APRIL TO SEPT. 1964, 14 P.

  • Deposit

    1963 TO 1972, MINERALS YEARBOOKS, U.S. BU MINES.

  • Deposit

    GROGAN, R.M., 1974, THE ENVIRONMENTS OF DEPOSITION OF FLUORSPAR, IN A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. 22, P. 8 - 9

  • Production

    1964 TO 1972, U.S. BU MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, V. 4. CHERMETTE, A., 1964, LE SPATH-FLUOR, P. 13

  • Reserve-Resource

    1965, MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL. 4, P. 915. CHERMETTE, A., 1964, LE SPATH-FLUOR, P. 12

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

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