Commodities
PrimaryAsbestos
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
GangueChert, Magnetite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockIron Formation · Transvaal Supergroup, Chuniesport Group
Associated rockDiabase
StructureFaults, Intense Folding
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10084816
MRDS IDW700028
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates-24.21335, 30.13473
References
HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1984, ASBESTOS, IN GEOLOGY OF THE NONMETALLICS: NEW YORK, METAL BULLETIN INC., P. 324-335.DREYER, C.J.B., AND ROBINSON, H.A., 1981, OCCURRENCE AND EXPLOITATION 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, P. 25-44.