Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryUranium, PGE, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR/BLANKET
Ore controlGentle Uplift Of Continental Mass; Erosion; Peneplanation; Folding; Faulting; Volcanicity; And Build - Up Of Younger Sediments. Gold Values Range Erratically From High To Low.
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Conglomerate,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) · Transvaal System-Dolomite;Witwatersrand System (Upper Division)-Quartzities, Shales, Grits, Conglomerates, And Carbon Granules
Associated rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic) · Ventersdorp System-Lava
StructureUnique Continuity Of Gold - Bearing Horizons Over Extended Area, Though Well Marked By Folding, Faulting And (Locally) Erosion And Redeposition Of Overlying Sediments., Gentle Dip Regionally, With Folds And Faults Locally. Overlying Lavas And Dolomites Are Massive.
Tectonic settingPlatform
AlterationNone
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1938
Identification
Deposit ID10071447
MRDS IDW014844
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-26.27993, 28.36812
References
ANGLO AMERICAN CORPORATION OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED; ANNUAL REPORTS: 1974 & 1975MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH - CENTRAL AFRICA; PELLETIER, R. A.; 1964IVOR JONES, ROY AND COMPANY, INC., SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD SHARES: JOHANNESBURG, IVOR JONES, ROY AND COMPANY, INC.MINING JOURNAL, 1975, QUARTERLY REVIEW OF SOUTH AFRICA GOLD SHARES: MINING JOURNAL, V. 19. NO. 1, MAY 1975.COMPANY ANNUAL REPORTS. ; ANGLO AMERICAN CORPORATION ANNUAL REPORT - 1984 ; S.A. LAND AND EXPLORATION ANNUAL REPORT - 1984 ; S.A. LAND AND EXPLORATION ANNUAL REPORT - 1985 ; COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT-1986 ; ANGLO AMERICAN CORPORATION ANNUAL REPORT - 1981 ; ANGLO AMERICAN ANNUAL REPORT - 1982 ; ANGLO AMERICAN CORPORATION ANNUAL REPORT-1982 ; ANGLO AMERICAN CORPORATION ANNUAL REPORT - 1980 ; ANGLO AMERICAN CORPORATION ANNUAL REPORT 1978