Commodities
PrimaryManganese
TertiaryIron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsBixbyite, Braunite, Hausmanite, Jacobsite, Manganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1930
Discovery year1922
Identification
Deposit ID10207613
MRDS IDW028269
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates-27.16332, 22.83482
References
DE VILLIERS, J. THE MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE UNION OF SOUTHAFRICA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF S.A., HANDBOOK NO.2, PRETORIA,1960, P. 67.FERROUS AND NON-FERROUS METALS AND MINERALS IN SOUTH AFRICA1977, MINERALS BUREAU, DEPT. OF MINES, MARKETING DIRECTORYNO.2, BRAAMFONTEIN, 1977, P.40.BOARDMAN,L.G. "FURTHER GEOLOGICAL DATA ON THE POSTMASBURGAND KURUMAN MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS, NORTH CAPEPROVINCE.: THE GEOLOGY OF SOME ORE DEPOSITS INSOUTHERN AFRICA. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICAPP.417-427.HAMMERBECK, E.C.I. AND J.J. TALJAARDT. "MANGANESE" PP.167-172.TALJAARDT, J.J. MAJOR MANGANESE ORE FIELDS SOUTH AFRICAJOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA, NOV 1979, 10P.ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 1972, P. 190-191.