Garies Soutfontein

Prospect in South Africa with commodities Thorium, Zirconium
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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158600
MRDS ID I000058
MAS/MILS ID 7910050064
Record type Site
Current site name Garies Soutfontein
Related records 10023259

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 17.60162, -30.60487 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
Zirconium Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 17.60162, -30.60487

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 10% HEAVY MINERALS (0.45% MONAZITE, 0.013% TH)
  • DEMONSTRATED RESERVE OF 86,170,000 MT SAND CONTAINING 7% ILMENITE, 0.1% RUTILE, 1.5% ZIRCON AND 0.24% MONAZITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COETZEE,C.B.,ED. THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF

  • Deposit

    SOUTH AFRICA, HANDBOOK NO.7, 5TH ED., GEOL.SURV.OF S.A.,

  • Deposit

    PRETORIA, 1976, PP.212,224.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DUNE SANDS OF SOUTFONTEIN SAID TO CONTAIN 300,000 TONS OF MONAZITE WITH 8,400 TONS THORIUM. DUNE SANDS CONTAIN 10% HEAVY MINERALS (0.45% MOMAZITE AND 0.013% TH). DEPOSIT LOCATED SOUTH AND EAST OF SOUTFONTEIN-DISCOVERED BY AERIAL RADIOMETRIC SURVEY-COVERS 32 SQ.KM. AREA ON FARMS DE KLIPHEKUVEL, SOUTKRAAL AND SOUTFONTIEN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-JUL-1994 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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