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 ID10305162
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 GEOLOGIC DATA ON THE POSTMASBURGAND KURUMAN MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS, NORTH CAPE PROVINCE." THE GEOLOGY OF SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN SOUTH AFRICA.PP. 417-427.HAMMERBECK,E.C.I. AND J.J.TALJAARDT. "MANGANESE" PP 167-172TALJAARDT,J.J. "MAJOR MANGANESE ORE FIELDS IN REPUBLIC OFSOUTH AFRICA, "JOHANNESBURG. NOVEMBER 1979.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 1972, P. 190-191.