Commodities
PrimaryAsbestos
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsCrocidolite
GangueChert, Magnetite, Riebeckite, Stilpnomelane
Geology
Host rockIron Formation · Transvaal Supergroup, Ghaap Group, Calico Formation
Associated rockDiabase
StructureDimoten Syncline, Faults, Folds
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10084815
MRDS IDW700027
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates-27.27994, 23.28485
References
DREYER, C.J.B., AND ROBINSON, H.A., 1981, OCCURRENCE AND EXPLORATION OF AMPHIBOLE ASBESTOS IN SOUTH AFRICA, IN RIORDAN, P.H., ED., GEOLOGY OF ASBESTOS DEPOSITS: NEW YORK, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS INC., P. 25-44