Producer

Orange River Belt West

South Africa
Tungsten
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Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVEIN
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureULTRAMETAMORPHIC
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1934
Last production1976
Discovery year1934
Identification
Deposit ID60000421
MRDS IDDE00297
RegionAF
Data scoreD
Coordinates-28.92991, 17.88489
References
STEPHAN, L.A. AND HAMMERBECK, E.C.I., 1978, OPEN FILE REPORT, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA, 71., 38 PP.BOWLES, M., 1984, REPORT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA (UNPUBLISHED).SOHNGE, G., 1944, REPORT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA, 1944-0026 (UNPUBLISHED).REID, D.L., 1979, EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS, VOL. 42, P. 368-378.REID, D.L., 1979, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA TRANSACTIONS, VOL. 82, P. 305-311.NICOLAYSEN, L.O. AND BURGER, A.J., 1965, SCIENCE DE LA TERRE, VOL. 10, P. 497-516.SOUTH AFRICAN COMMITTEE FOR STRATIGRAPHY (SACS), 1980, STRATIGRAPHY OF SOUTH AFRICA, PART 1, COMPILED BY L.E. KENT, SOUTH AFRICA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, HANDBOOK 8, P. 282-290.