Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typePHOSPHATIC BEACH SANDS (BOTH CONSOLIDATED AND UNCONSOLIDATED)
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureFOSSIL RICH, LATE MIOCENE TO EARLY PLIOCENE DEPOSITS
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1917
Discovery year1897
Identification
Deposit ID60000669
MRDS IDISM0393
RegionAF
Data scoreD
Coordinates-32.99649, 18.11835
References
THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 5TH ED., 1976, PP.399-406, PRETORIA