Eastern Cape
Producer

Sishen Iscor Mine

Eastern Cape, South Africa
Iron
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Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR, TABULAR/BLANKET
Ore controlGentle Uplift Of Continental Mass; Folding; Faulting; Alteration; Replacement; Iron Concentration And Secondary Enrichment.
Materials
GangueShale
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Sand And Detrital Material;Kalahari Beds; Limestone, Calcrete, Clay & Boulders.;Transvaal System, Pretoria Series (Daspoort & Timeball Hill Stages): Quartzite, Shale, Conglomerates & Hematite Ores.;Transvaal System, Dolomite Series: Jaspilite, Shale, Breccia, Dolomite, Manganese And Hematite Ores
Associated rockAndesite
StructureTimeball Hill And Daspoort Stages Of Pretoria Series (Shales, Conglomerates, Quartzites, Hematite Ores And Andesitic Lava) Unconformably Overlie Dolomite Series (Banded Hematite, Jaspilite, Shale, Breccia, Manganese And Dolomite). Quaternary To Tertiary Kalahari Beds And Superficial Deposits Unconformably Overlie Pretoria Series., Folding And Refolding Have Resulted In Local Anticlines, Synclines, Domes And Depressions. Although No Major Faulting On A Regional Scale Is Known, Local Normal And Trough Faults Occur. Surface Terrain Flat Except For Low - Lying Gamagara Hills.
Tectonic settingPlatform. Possibly Several Tectonic Cycles.
Alteration(See Process Of Concentration Or Enrichment.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1955
Identification
Deposit ID10079056
MRDS IDW027877
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-27.79659, 23.00154
References
MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA; PELLETIER, R.A. 1964MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, FIFTH EDITION, HANDBOOK 7 ; 1976ISCOR ANNUAL REPORTS; 1973 - 1977 ISCOR BROCHURE (PUBLISHED BY THOMSON PUBLICATIONS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LIMITED; CIRCA 1975) SOUTH AFRICAN MINING & ENGINEERING JOURNAL; MAY 197ISCOR 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