Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Geology
Host rockSiltstone · Hilda Suite, Gariep Complex
StructureMiogeosynclinal
Tectonic settingSubducted Continental Margin
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1968
Last production1971
Discovery year1968
Identification
Deposit ID10021621
MRDS IDDE00299
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-28.32998, 16.87103
References
SOUTH AFRICAN COMMITTEE FOR STRATIGRAPHY (SACS), 1980, STRATIGRAPHY OF SOUTH AFRICA, PART 1, COMPILED BY L.E. KENT, SOUTH AFRICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, HANDBOOK 8, P. 439-446.KRONER, A., 1974, BULLETIN PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH UNIT UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN, NO. 13, 115 P.BOWLES, M., 1984, REPORT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA, 1984-0165 (UNPUBLISHED).BOWLES, M., 1984, P. 7.