Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
SecondaryLead, Zinc
TertiaryIron, Dolomite, Quartz
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlPorosity Of Dolomite Especially Vuggy Horizons And Old Karst Cavities. On A Larger Scale, Mineralization Coincides With A Paleoridge Of Dolomite Which May Have Acted As A Trap.
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueCalcite, Chalcopyrite, Dolomite, Graphite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Talc, Tremolite, Vanadinite
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Dolomite
Associated rockMafic Intrusive Rock
StructureBushveld Igneous Complex
AlterationSilicification (Talc Zone, Tremolite Zone)
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1917
Identification
Deposit ID10069465
MRDS IDW007004
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-25.74664, 26.10147
References
MARTINI, J., 1975, THE FLUORITE DEPOSITS IN THE DOLOMITE SERIES OF THE MARICO DISTRICT, TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA: TO BE PUBLISHED IN ECON GEOL.CHERMETTE, A, 1964, LE SPATH-FLUOR EN AFRIQUE DU SUD: MINES ET METALLURGIE, APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 1964.CHERMETTE, A, 1964, LE SPATH-FLUOR: P. 13. MARTINI, J., 1975, FLUORITE OF MARICO, P. 1MARTINI, J., 1975, FLUORITE OF MARICO DIST. P. 1