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Elandsrand Gold Mine - 1980 Production

Past Producer in South Africa with commodities Gold, Uranium
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  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. Production statistics
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106173
MRDS ID W030994
Record type Site
Current site name Elandsrand Gold Mine - 1980 Production
Related records 10183259

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: 25.09406, -28.99506 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Comments on the location information

  • REFER TO PRIMARY RECORD NO. W030997 FOR DETAILED DATA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Uranium Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) 25.09406, -28.99506
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Far West Rand (West Wits Line) Of Witwatersrand Goldfields

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Material ORE AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.171 Toz Au/Met Ton Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 5g/mt
  • Year 1980
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.185 Toz Au/Met Ton Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Gold Gold 6g/mt
  • Year 1983
    Material ORE AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.171 Toz Au/Met Ton Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 5g/mt
  • Year 1983
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.180 Toz Au/Met Ton Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Gold Gold 6g/mt
  • Year 1984
    Period 1984
    Material ORE AU
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.285 Toz Au/Met Ton Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 9g/mt
  • Year 1984
    Period 1984
    Material ORE AU
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.285 Toz Au/Met Ton Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 9g/mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ; CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS - 7/31/84

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    CHAMBER OF MINES ANLYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS, 1980 ; CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS - 1983 ; CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS - 1984 ; CHAMBER OF MINES-ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS-1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION MERGED FROM RECORD NUMBER W032944 ; W033106 ; W033768

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Mccarter, Lorna D. Department of State
Updater 01-JUN-1985 Mccarter, Lorna D Department of State
Updater 01-JUN-1984 Mccarter, Lorna D. Department of State
Updater 01-JUL-1983 Mccarter, Lorna D. Department of State
Updater 01-JUN-1985 Mccarter, Lorna D Department of State

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