Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
TertiaryOsmium, Uranium
Commodity typeM
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1908
Discovery year1887
Identification
Deposit ID10256350
MRDS IDW026843
Alternate namesWest Rand Consolidated
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-26.11331, 27.75145
References
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