Producer

Gumbu Graphite Mine

South Africa
Graphite
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Commodities
PrimaryGraphite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Geology
Host rockMarble,Gneiss · Beit Bridge Complex;Sand River Gneiss;Gumbu Group
Tectonic settingHighly Folded
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1942
Last production1978
Discovery year1942
Identification
Deposit ID10024368
MRDS IDISM0078
RegionAF
Data scoreD
Coordinates-22.31344, 30.66805
References
MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE RSA, 5TH. EDITION, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICAWILKE, D.P., 1969: GRAFIETAFSETTINGS NOORD VAN DIE SOUTPANSBERG, TRANSVAAL. BULL. GEOL. SURV. SOUTH AFRICA, 51