Commodities
PrimaryDiamond
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeUnconsolidated Sediments
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlBeach Sands With Concentrations Of Transported And Redeposited Diamonds.
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel,Limestone
StructureTertiary - To - Recent Beach Sands; Unconsolidated, Diamondiferous Terraces In Tertiary Beach Sands
Tectonic settingShield
AlterationNone
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1925
Discovery year1925
Identification
Deposit ID10089199
MRDS IDW014763
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-29.57993, 17.01827
References
INTERNATIONAL DIAMOND ANNUAL; WILSON, A. N.; VOL. 1, 1971MINING MAGAZINE; OCTOBER 1976MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA; PELLETIER, R. A.; 1964DE BEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORT.ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1975.DEBEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES LIMITED, 1972, ANNUAL REPORT, NOVEMBER 1972.DE BEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES LTD ANNUAL REPORTS ; DE BEERS CONSOLIDATED DIAMOND MINES LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT 1979 ; DE BEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES LIMITED 1980 ANNUAL REPORT ; DEBEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES LIMITED ANNUAL REPORTS: 1973 - 1977 ; DE BEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT 1978 ; DE BEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES LIMITED ANNUAL REPORTS: 1973 - 1976