Description
Johannesburg Consolidated Investments Co., Ltd. And Anglo - Transvaal Consolidated Investment Co., Ltd.
Commodities
PrimaryAntimony
SecondaryGold, Silver
TertiaryArsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model180: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENS - LIKE FAULT FISSURE VEINS IN NARROW BELT OF SWAZILAND SCHISTS
Ore controlSwaziland System Schists Flanked By Granite Intrusives (The Source Of Mineralization)
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Stibnite
Geology
Host rockGranite · Murchison Range Syncline
StructureMurchison Range Syncline, Drag Folds; Extensive Faulting And Lens - Like Orebodies And Veins
Tectonic settingShield
AlterationAltered Quartz Porphyries In Swaziland System
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1935
Discovery year1934
Identification
Deposit ID10111550
MRDS IDW012695
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-23.79669, 30.86806
References
MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH - CENTRAL AFRICA; PELLETIER, R. A.CONSOLIDATED MURCHISON LIMITED ANNUAL REPORTS 1973 AND 1974ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1972, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL.WORLD MINING, 1974, INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK REPORT ON MINERALS, CERP B - 429, WORLD MINING, JULY 1974.CONSOLIDATED MURCHISON ANNUAL REPORTS ; CONSOLIDATED MURCHISON LTD ANNUAL REPORT ; CONSOLIDATED MURCHISON LTD. ANNUAL REPORT 1980 ; CONSOLIDATED MURCHISON ANNUAL REPORT 1981 ; CONSOLIDATED MURCHISON ANNUAL REPORT - 1983 ; CONSOLIDATED MURCHISON ANNUAL REPORT 1982 ; CONSOLIDATED MURCHISON ANNUAL REPORT 1977