Commodities
PrimaryNickel, PGE, Cobalt, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeMAGMATIC, STRATIFORM, MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED
Deposit sizeN
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1926
Last production1930
Discovery year1924
Identification
Deposit ID60000643
MRDS IDISM0323
Alternate namesZwartfontein, Potgietersrus Limb, Tweefontein
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates-23.9467, 28.90141
References
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