Aggeneys #3 Zn - Pb

Occurrence in Eastern Cape, South Africa with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver
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. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078843
MRDS ID W027505
Record type Site
Current site name Aggeneys #3 Zn - Pb
Alternate or previous names Phelps Dodge Aggeneys #3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 18.85158, -29.0466 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.5 KM FROM BROKEN HILL DEPOSIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eastern Cape(province)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
South Africa Eastern Cape

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG ARE APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 18.85158, -29.0466

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Aggeneys Dist

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Phelps Dodge

Comments on the production information

  • PLAN 1,125,000 MTPY ORE YIELDING 132,000 MTPY ZN CONC., 35,000 MTPY PB CONC. BY 1980

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Total resources 53000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 2.88 wt-pct Zinc Major 1977
    Lead Pb 1.23 wt-pct Lead Minor 1977
    Silver Ag 21 g/mt Silver Minor 1977

Comments on development

  • DEV$: 172.5 ; MILL.CAP: 1125 MET TONS ; ECON.YEAR: 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAFF, 1977 , MINING MAGAZINE 6 - 77 , P. 432

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

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