Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR, TABULAR/BLANKET
Ore controlGentle Uplift Of Continental Mass; Folding; Faulting; Volcanicity; Alteration; Replacement; Iron Concentration And Secondary Enrichment
Geology
Host rockDiabase,Dolomite · Transvaal System (Dolomite Series) Dolomite, Banded Ironstones, Hematite Ore And Shale
Associated rockDiabase · Waterberg System Lava;Bushveld Granite Intrusives;Transvaal System (Pretoria Series) Lava
StructureFault Contacts Of Waterberg System Lavas, Bushveld Granites And Transvaal System Pretoria Series Lavas Against Dolomite (Dolomite Series) Dominate Area North Of Iron Occurrences. Pretoria Series Unconformably Overlie Transvaal System Banded Ironstones South Of Iron Occurrences., Two Parallel Mountain Ranges (Containing Iron Occurrences) Resulted From Pre-Karoo (And Subsequent) Thrust Faulting And Post-Karoo Normal Faulting. Dolomite, Banded Ironstone And Pretoria Series Lava Dominate Locally.
Tectonic settingPlatform. Possibly Several Tectonic Cycles.
AlterationDiabase Unconformity In Banded Ironstone. (See, Also, Process Of Concentration Or Enrichment).
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1934
Identification
Deposit ID10079055
MRDS IDW027876
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-24.63001, 27.36811
References
MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA; PELLETIER, R.A.; 1964MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, FIFTH EDITION, HANDBOOK 7 ; 1976ISCOR, 1977, ANNUAL REPORTS.ISCOR, 1976, ANNUAL REPORTS.ISCOR, 1975, ANNUAL REPORTS.ISCOR, 1974, ANNUAL REPORTS.ISCOR, 1973, ANNUAL REPORTS.THOMPSON PUBLICATIONS PTY, LIMITED, 1975, ISCOR BROCHURE: THOMPSON PUBLICATIONS PTY, LIMITED.SOUTH AFRICAN MINING AND ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 1975, COAL, GOLD, AND BASE MINERALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, SOUTH AFRICAN MINING AND ENGINEERING JOURNAL.ISCOR ANNUAL REPORTS ; ISCOR ANNUAL REPORT-1986 ; ISCOR ANNUAL REPORT 1982 ; ISCOR ANNUAL REPORT 1983 ; ISCOR ANNUAL REPORT - 1984 ; ISCOR ANNUAL REPORT - 1985 ; ISCOR ANNUAL REPORT 1980 ; ISCOR ANNUAL REPORT - 1981 ; ISCOR ANNUAL REPORT, 1979 ; ISCOR ANNUAL REPORT, 1978