Commodities
PrimaryGold, Osmium, Ruthenium, Platinum, Iridium
SecondaryRhodium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLITHIFIED PLACER
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Uraninite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10038874
MRDS IDM046349
Alternate namesGovernment Gold Mining Areas Consolidated, Ltd., Modder B, Modderfontein B Gold Mines
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates-26.18827, 28.40978
References
MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. OF THE PLATINUM METALS: USGS PROF. PAPER 630, P. 45WAGNER, 1929, PT DEPOSITS AND MINES S. AFRICA: STRUIK (PTY) CAPETOWN 1973, P. 35, 36COUSINS, 1973, PLATINOIDS IN WITSWATERSRAND: JOUR. S. AFRICA INST. MIN. AND METALL., V. 73, NO. 6, P. 3 - 5