Producer
Virginia
South Africa
Gold Ruthenium PGE Silver Platinum Osmium Iridium Rhodium
Land & claims · BLM · live
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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.
Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryRuthenium, PGE, Silver, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Rhodium
Commodity typeMetallic
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLITHIFIED PLACER
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
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References
MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. PT METALS: USGS PROF. PAPER 630, P. 45 - 48COUSINS, 1973, PLATINOIDS IN THE WITWATERSRAND SYSTEM: JOUR. S. AFRICA INST. MIN. AND METALL. V. 73, NO. 6, P. 3 - 5WAGNER, 1929, PT DEPOSITS AND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA: STRUIK (PTY) LTD., CAPETOWN 1973, P. 32 - 40
Identification
Deposit ID10038837
MRDS IDM046297
Alternate namesVirginia O. F. S. Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates-28.14654, 26.88482
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.