Description
Capital Mining Areas; A Subsidiary Of Union Corporation Limited.
Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryPGE, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Silver, Rhodium
TertiarySubbituminous, Sulfur-Pyrite, Uranium
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 mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrrhotite, Uraninite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Conglomerate · Ecca Series, Karroo System; Shale, Sandstone & Coal;Transvaal System--Dolomite;Witwatersrand System (Upper Division)-Quartzite, Shales, Grits And Conglomerates
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 Conformable Sediments., Synclinal Basin Separated From Central And East Rand Occurrences Of The Witwatersrand System. Unconformable Ecca Series, Karroo System Shales, Sandstones And Coal Are Not Notable. Dips Variable; Faulting Severe.
Tectonic settingPlatform
AlterationNone
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1962
Discovery year1951
Identification
Deposit ID10078493
MRDS IDW026841
RegionAF
Data scoreA
Coordinates-26.49658, 29.03477
References
UNION CORPORATION LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORT; 1975MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA; PELLETIER, R. A.; 1964MINING JOURNAL QUARTERLY REVIEW OF SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD SHARES, VOL. 19 , NO. 1 ; MAY 1975MERTIE, 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 630, P. 45-48.COUSINS, 1973, PLATINOIDS IN THE WITWATERSRAND SYSTEM: JOURNAL SOUTH AFRICA INSTITUTE OF 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.IVOR JONES, ROY & COMPANY, INC., 1975, SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD SHARES: JOHANNESBURG, IVOR JONES, ROY & COMPANY, INC.LESLIE GOLD MINES LIMITED, COMPANY, (N.D.), COMPANY BROCHURE.CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA ; CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS-1986 ; CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA - ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS - 1981 ; CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS - 1982 ; CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS-1983 ; CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS - 1984 ; CHAMBER OF MINES ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS - 1985 ; ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA JANUARY - DECEMBER 1979 ; ANALYSES OF WORKING RESULTS, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA - 1980 ; ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA, JANUARY - DECEMBER 1978 ; ANALYSIS OF WORKING RESULTS, CHAMBER OF MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA, JANUARY-DECEMBER 1977