Description
Moore - Transvaal Consolidated Land And Exploration Company
Commodities
PrimaryTin
SecondaryArsenic, Zinc, Tungsten, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlRocks Belong To Epicrustal Phase, Metamorphism Caused Conversion To Granulite.
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Cassiterite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockGranite
Associated rockPegmatite,Granite
StructureGently Dipping Regionally. No Major Structural Disturbances., Gently Dipping, Intermittent Dikes And Faults Of Little Signifigance.
Tectonic settingPlatform
AlterationNone
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1909
Discovery year1906
Identification
Deposit ID10089691
MRDS IDW028276
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-24.03003, 28.75142
References
ZAAIPLAATS ANNUAL REPORTSMINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SA., 1976GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE POTGIETERSRUS TIN FIELDS, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MEMOLIR 46, 1954BUSHVELD GRANITES OF THE POTGIETERSRUS TIN FIELDS, DE WAAL, S.A., 1972ZAAIPLAATS ANNUAL REPORTS ; ZAAIPLAATS TIN ANNUAL REPORT - 1983 ; ZAAIPLAATS ANNUAL REPORT - 1984 ; ZAAIPLAATS ANNUAL REPORT - 1985 ; ZAAIPLAATS ANNUAL REPORT-1986 ; ZAAIPLAATS TIN ANNUAL REPORT - 1981 ; ZAAIPLAATS ANNUAL REPORT - 1982 ; ZAAIPLAATS ANNUAL REPORT - 1980 ; ZAAIPLAATS COMPANY ANNUAL REPORTS FOR 1979