Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryPGE, Silver, Uranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR/BLANKET
Ore controlGentle Uplift Of Continental Mass; Erosion; Peneplanation; Folding; Faulting; Volcanicity; Dike Injection And Build - Up Of Younger Sediments
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Conglomerate · Upper Elsburg Conglomerates And Quartzites;Karroo System Conglomerates And Shales
Associated rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic) · Ventersdorp System-Lava
StructureUnique Continuity Of Gold - Bearing Horizons Over Extended Area, Though Well Marked By Faulting, Folding And (Locally) Erosion And Redeposition Of Overlying Sediments., Gentle Dip Regionally, With Folds And Faults Locally. Overlying Lavas, Quartzites And Conglomerates Are Massive.
Tectonic settingPlatform
AlterationNone
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1954
Identification
Deposit ID10071444
MRDS IDW014841
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-27.82988, 26.66816
References
WESTERN HOLDINGS LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORT 1975MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH - CENTRAL AFRICA; PELLETIER, R. A.; 1964"THE ORANGE FREE STATE GOLDFIELD" (ANGLO AMERICAN CORPORATION OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED); 1960SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD SHARES; IVOR JONES, ROY AND CO., INC., JOHANNESBURG; 197ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA, JANUARY - DECEMBER 1976 ; ANGLO AMERICAN CORPORATION OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED; ANNUAL REPORT 1978