Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsBixbyite, Braunite, Cryptomalene, Hausmanite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1970
Discovery year1950
Identification
Deposit ID10183315
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates-27.16332, 22.83482
References
DE VILLIERS, P.R., THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE KALA-HARI MANGANESE FIELD NORTH OF SISHEN, CAPE PROVINCE, GEOL.SURVEY OF S.A., MEMOIR NO. 59, 1970, 58 PP.C.B. COETZEE, "MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH AFRICA," 1976.J.J. TALJAARDT, "MAJOR MANGANESE ORE FIELDS," REPUBLIC OFSOUTH AFRICA, NOVEMBER 1979.