Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryUranium, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite, PGE, Osmium, Iridium, Platinum, Ruthenium, Rhodium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model193: Quartz pebble conglomerate Au-U (BC name is Paleoplacer U-Au-PGE-Sn-Ti
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR/BLANKET
Ore controlGentle Uplift Of Continental Mass; Erosion; Peneplanation; Folding; Faulting; Volcanicity; Dike Injection And Build-Up Of Younger Sediments
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Silver, Uraninite
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 production1955
Identification
Deposit ID10078487
MRDS IDW026834
RegionAF
Data scoreA
Coordinates-27.74656, 26.65149
References
LORAINE GOLD MINES LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORT; 1976ANGLO-TRANSVAAL CONSOLIDATED INVESTMENT COMPANY, LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORT; 1976COAL, GOLD & BASE MINERALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, AUGUST 1974; JANUARY 1976MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, DEPARTMENT OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; 1976MERTIE, 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 630, P. 45-48.COUSINS, 1973, PLATINOIDSIN THE WITWATERSRAND SYSTEM: JOURNAL SOUTH AFRICA INSTITUTE MINING AND METALLURGY, V. 73, NO. 6, P. 3-5.WAGNER, 1929, PLATINUM DEPOSITS AND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA: STRUIK (PTY) LTD., CAPETOWN 1973, P. 32-40.MINING JOURNAL, 1977, V. 288.SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD SHARES; IVOR JONES, ROY AND CO., INC., JOHANNESBURG; 1975. MINING JOURNAL QUARTERLY REVIEW OF SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD SHARES, VOL. 19 , NO. 1 ; MAY 197CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA AND COMPANY ANNUAL REPORTS;CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS - 1984.U3O8 AND PYRITE PRODUCTION FROM LORAINE ANNUAL REPORT - 1984;CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS AND COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT (U308 AND PYRITE);CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS-1986;ANALYSES OF WORKING RESULTS, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA - 1980 AND LORAINE ANNUAL REPORT 1980;CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA - ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS - 1981;ORE AU, AU FROM CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS - 1982.ORE U, U, PYR AND AG FROM LORAINE ANNUAL REPORT - 1982;CHAMBER OF MINE ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESUTS - 1983.U3O8, PYRITE AND SILVER PRODUCTION FROM LORAINE ANNUAL REPORT - 1983.;ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS. CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA.JANUARY - DECEMBER 1978 (GOLD);ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA.JANUARY - DECEMBER 1979 (GOLD) LORAINE GOLD MINES LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT 1979 (PYRITE, SILVER AND URANIUM);GOLD: ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA, JANUARY-DECEMBER 1977;PYRITE, SILVER AND URANIUM: LORAINE GOLD MINES LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT 1977