Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryPlatinum, Osmium, Iridium, Rhodium, Ruthenium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLITHIFIED PLACER
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Iridium, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sperrylite, Uraninite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10038845
MRDS IDM046309
Alternate namesWestern Deep Levels Gold Mining Co. Ltd.
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-26.42993, 27.45146
References
MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. PT METALS: 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 S. AFRICA: STRUIK (PTY) LTD., CAPETOWN 1973, P. 32 - 40FEATHER, 1976, MINERALOGY OF PT-GROUP MINERALS IN THE WITWATERSRAND: ECON. GEOL., V.71, N.7 P. 14195) PARK AND MACDIARMID, 1970, ORE DEPOSITS.6) MINING JOURNAL, 1977, V.288