Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryRuthenium, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Rhodium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLITHIFIED PLACER
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10038843
MRDS IDM046306
Alternate namesVaal Reefs Mining and Exploration Co., Ltd., North Section
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates-26.92992, 26.7848
References
MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. PT METALS: USGS PROF. PAPER 630, P. 45 - 48COUSINS, 1973, PLATINOIDS OF 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 - 40FEATHER, 1976, MINERALOGY OF THE PT-GROUP MINERALS IN THE WITWATERSRAND: ECON. GEOL. V.71, N.7, P. 14195) PARK AND MACDIARMID, 1970, ORE DEPOSITS6) MINI NG JOURNAL, 1977, V.288