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South Deep Project

Plant in South Africa with commodity Gold
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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. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158656
MAS/MILS ID 7910200229
Record type Site
Current site name South Deep Project

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 27.65146, -26.4383 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 27.65146, -26.4383
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Filled Stopes - Timber With Subsequent Fill
Plant type Leach
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anglo American Corp. Of South Africa, Ltd.
    Interest 18.8
    Home office South Africa
    Year 1993
  • Type Owner
    Owner Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Co. (Jci)
    Interest 41.1
    Home office South Africa
    Year 1993
  • Type Owner
    Owner Freddies Consolidated
    Interest 23.6
    Home office South Africa
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Various South African Mining Houses And Investment Arms.
    Interest 16.6
    Home office South Africa
    Year 1993

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Indicated 116000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 116000000mt ore
    Total resources 116000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 9 g/mt Gold Major 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, P. 228 (OCT. 1, 1993).

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, "SOUTH DEEPS RE-EXAMINED", 1 OCT 93,

  • Reserve-Resource

    V. 321 N. 8244, P. 228.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-AUG-1994 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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