Plant

Zwartkop Compound Seam

South Africa
Chromium
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Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsPyroxene
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1934
Discovery year1934
Identification
Deposit ID10304623
MRDS IDW028281
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates-24.78837, 27.30144
References
JOURNAL OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METAL-LURGY, 1968, "CHROMIUM IN SOUTH AFRICA", V68.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA, 1959, "MINERAL RESOURCESOF THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA", 4TH ED. P 187-200.RANKIN G, 1975, "CHROMIUN AND FERROCHROMIUM IN SOUTH AF-RICA", SAUNDERS AND TAYLOR INC., INVESTMENT INDUSTRY REP-PORT, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, P. 1-117.METALS BULLITIN, 1969, "UNION CORP.'S ZWARTKOP", DEC. 161969, P. 25-28.COAL, GOLD & BASE METALS, 1975, "LONGHOLING HITS GOLD ATZWARTKOP", V. 23, NO. 6, P. 15-21.DE WET J F, 1952, "CHROMITE INVESTIGATIONS-PART IV", JOURNALOF THE CHEMICAL, METALLURGICAL & MINING SOC. OF SOUTHAFRICA, V. 53, NO. 1, P. 1-10.WASSERSTEIN B, 1936, "CRITICAL ZONE OF THE BUSHVELD GABBROTRANS. OF THE GEOL. SOC. OF S. AFRICA", PAPER READ 23 JUNESEIMS P, 1976, "CHROMITE MINES AND RESOURCE OF THE UNION OFSOUTH AFRICA", MINERALS AVAILIBILITY SYSTEM, DEC. 1976,P. 21-23.INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1970, " THE ZWARTKOP MINE OF CHOME INSOUTH AFRICA", FEB. 1970.SILK M H, 1988, "WORLD CHROMITE RESOURCE AND FERROCHROMEPRODUCTION", MINTEK SPECIAL PUBL. NO. 11.DAVIDOFF R L, BOYLE E H JR., "NOTES FROM VISIT TO THE RE-PUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA", USBM PUBL. 1988.GOLDER AND ASSOC., 1981, " DEPOSIT PROFILE - ZWARTKOP,SOUTH AFRICA".