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Namakwa

Prospect in Eastern Cape, South Africa with commodities Titanium-Rutile, Zirconium, Iron, Titanium-Ilmenite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096958
MRDS ID I001054
Record type Site
Current site name Namakwa
Alternate or previous names Brand Se Bail
Related records 10183521

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 17.83495, -31.24655 (WGS84)
Relative position 80 KM NORTHWEST OF VREDENDAL, JUST INLAND FROM THE WEST COAST AT BRAND SE BAIL ON THE WEST COAST OF SOUTH AFRICA.

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

  • ABOUT 20 KM E OF WOLFSBERG,NEAR BORDER TO STEIERMARK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium-Rutile Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary
Iron Secondary
Titanium-Ilmenite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LITHIUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Rutile Ore
Zircon Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 121
USGS model code 39c
Deposit model name Shoreline placer Ti

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 17.83495, -31.24655
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; SPODUMENE(CA25%),QUARTZ,FELDSPARS,MUSCOVITE,(ACCESS:BERYL,APATITE,TOURMALINE,ZIRCON,CASSITERITE,COLUMBITE,HOLMQUISTITE,GARNET,BIOTITE,GRAPHITE,PYRITE,PYRHOTITE); 3 PGM VEINS,PARALLEL.LENGTH 1.5KM DEPTH 450M.TABULAR & LENSSHAPED PGM BODIES CONCORDANT WITHIN A SERIES OF PARAMORPHOSIS SCHISTS(GARNET-MICASCHIST,AMPHIBOLITES AND QUARTZITES),STRIKING N60W,DIPPING NE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anglo American Corp. Of South Africa, Ltd.
    First year 1992

Comments on the production information

  • NONE

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Total resources 400000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium-Rutile Ti 0.2 wt-pct Titanium Major 1992
    Zirconium Zr 1 wt-pct Zirconium Major 1992
    Titanium-Ilmenite Ti 2.9 wt-pct Titanium Major 1992

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VEIN THICKNESS MORE THAN 1.5M CMB1:RESOURCES IDENTIFIED DURING DRILLING CAMPAIGNS 1982-1985
  • GRADE ESTIMATED FROM PLANNED 12M TPA PRODUCTION CONTAINING 120,000 T ZIRCON, 34,000 T RUTILE, AND 212,000 T SLAG (86% TIO2) + 130,000 T PIG IRON.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (ENVIRONMENT,;). DEVELOPMENT(YES); ASSESSMENT(NOT COMPETITIVE TO LI-CARBONATE FROM BRINES,NOR FOR DIRECT METAL PRODUCTION(FEASIBILITY STUDY 1988/89,CERNY,I.SEE REFERENCES)); MINING COST PROBABLY NEAR 25$/TONNE ADIT,STOPES
  • TOTAL$: R922. ; ECON.COM: EST. CAPITAL COSTS: R518M FOR THE MINE AND SEPARATION FACILITIES, R350M FOR THE SMELTER, R30M FOR ROADS, R24M FOR FRESH WATER PIPELINE. IF THIS PROJECT PROCEEDS, IT WILL BE THE FIRST MAJOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTH WEST COAST REGION. PROJECT HAS AN ESTIMATED LIFESPAN OF 35 YEARS. THE MAJOR PRODUCT WILL BE ILMENITE, WHICH WILL BE BENEFICIATED AT A SMELTER AT SALDANHA-VREDENBURG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1992, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 292, P. 11.

  • Deposit

    MINTEK BULLETIN, 1992, NAMAKWA SANDS GETS GREEN LIGHT: NO. 56, P. 1.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1993, WORLD OF MINERALS - SOUTH AFRICA: NO. 305, P. 16

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1992; MINTEK BULLETIN, 1992; INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1993.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). PROPOSED UNDERGROUND COMPREHENSIVE USAGE OF PGM.(QUARTZ,FELDSPAR,SPODUMENE) AND MARKETING OF CONCENTRATES TO CERAMICS- AND GLASS INDUSTRY IS BEING CONSIDERED AND EVALUATED AT PRESENT(1989)
Deposit MINEABLE DEPOSIT EXTENDS FROM 300 M INLAND OF THE HIGH WATER MARK TO ABOUT 14 KM INLAND WITH A WIDTH OF ABOUT 5 KM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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