Bothaville District

Prospect in Free State, South Africa with commodity 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. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000824
MRDS ID ISM0686
Record type District
Current site name Bothaville District
Alternate or previous names Kroonplaat, Randfontein, Ulster, Karroodam, Sterkwater, Panpit, Jacoba, Kalkpan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 26.50148, -27.17988 (WGS84)
Relative position A LARGE GROUP OF NORTHWEST-STRIKING DEPOSITS OCCUR OVER A STRIKE LENGTH OF 16KM IN A ZONE 12KM WIDE; THE LARGEST SINGLE DEPOSIT IS 4 KM LONG AND UP TO 900 METERS WIDE - ELEVATION: 1300 M ASL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Free State(province)

South Africa(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
South Africa Free State

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zirconium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 26.50148, -27.17988

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description SHORELINE - BEACH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name BOTHAVILLE DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner GOLD FIELDS OF SOUTH AFRICA LTD.
  • Type Operator
    Owner NORTHERN METALS S.A.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEHR, S.H., 1965, HEAVY-MINERAL BEACH DEPOSITS IN THE KARROO SYSTEM: MEMOIR 56 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SOUTH AFRICA.

  • Deposit

    HAMMERBECK, E.C.I., 1976, TITANIUM. IN COETZEE, C.B., ED., MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA (5TH EDITION): SOUTH AFRICAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HANDBOOK 7, P. 221-226.

Beyond USGS

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