Commodities
PrimaryManganese
TertiaryAluminum, Calcium, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsJacobsite, Polianite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1922
Identification
Deposit ID10207551
MRDS IDISM0172
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-28.07988, 23.00154
References
BOARDMAN,L.G., 1964, FURTHER GEOLOGICAL DATA ON THEIPOSTMASBKURMAN MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS, NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE,GEOL. OF SOME ORE DEP. IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, V.II; GEOL.S. AFR., P.415-426.VILLIERS, JOHN DE, 1960, THE MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE UNIONSOUTH AFRICA, HANDBOOK #2; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY S. AFR.TALJAARDT, J.J. MAJOR MANGANESE FIELDS - REPUBLIC OF SOUTHAFRICA. JOHANNESBURG, NO. 1979, UPDATED NOV. 1982,11 P.