Commodities
PrimaryGold, PGE, Uranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePLACER, CONTINENTAL
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureCLASTIC SEDIMENTARY FACIES
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1922
Discovery year1892
Identification
Deposit ID60000647
MRDS IDISM0327
Alternate namesVaal Reefs Gold Mine, West Rand Consolidated Gold Mine, South Roodepoort Main Reef Gold Mine, Western Areas Gold Mine, West Driefontein Gold Mine, Western Deep Levels Gold Mine, Blyvooruitzicht Gold Mine, Bracken Gold Mine, Leslie Gold Mine, Winckelhaak Gold Mine
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates-26.16331, 28.00146
References
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA (1980) MINERAL DEPOSITS AND OCCURRENCES IN SOUTH AFRICA (SHEET 2626 WEST-RAND). - OPEN FILE 157FEATHER, C.E. (1976) MINERALOGY OF PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS IN THE WITWATERSRAND, SOUTH AFRICA. - ECON. GEOL. 7117, 1399-1428COUSINS, C.A. (1973): PLATINOIDS IN THE WITWATERSRAND SYSTEM. - J. MIN. MET. SOC. S. AFR. 1/1973, 184-199FEATHER, C.E. AND KOEN, G.M. (1975): THE MINERALOGY OF THE WITWATERSRAND REEFS. - MINERALS SCI. ENG. 7, 189-224