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Dorst Land 768

Past Producer in South Africa with commodities Chromium, Platinum, Nickel, Copper, Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098425
MRDS ID M047000
Record type Site
Current site name Dorst Land 768
Alternate or previous names Dorstland Farm 768 Lr

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 28.88474, -23.83004 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MI NORTH OF WITRIVIER 25 MI. N. OF POTGIETERSRUST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

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, -23.83004
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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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, 1929 , PT DEPOSITS SOUTH AFRICA: STRVIK LTD. CAPE TOWN

  • Deposit

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

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

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

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