Scientific data near [-26.20000, 28.16000]

Search area extends approximately 35.6 km east-west and 39.7 km north-south.

Geographic context

Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans
South Africa	country
Africa	continent
Land	continent

Major mineral deposits of the world

Regional locations and general geologic setting of known deposits of major nonfuel mineral commodities. Originally compiled in five parts by diverse authors, combined here for convenience despite likely inconsistencies among the regional reports.

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Deposit name	Deposit type	Commodity
Rietfontein	Surficial	Gold, PGE
Boksburg	Unclassified	Gold
Knights	Unclassified	Gold
Village Main Reef	Surficial	Gold
Nourse	Surficial	Gold, PGE
Orion (Minerva, Meyer, Black Reef, Cornucopia	Surficial	Gold, PGE
Robinson Deep	Surficial	Gold, PGE
Rose Deep	Surficial	Gold, PGE
Wit G. M.	Surficial	Gold, PGE,
Crown (City Deep, Cons. Main Reef)	Surficial	Gold, PGE, Silver
East Rand Proprietary	Surficial	Gold, PGE, Silver
Langaagte Est.	Surficial	Gold, PGE, Silver
Simmer And Jack	Surficial	Gold, PGE, Silver
Benoni	Unclassified	Gold
Brakpan	Surficial	Gold, PGE

Mineral Resource Data System

MRDS describes metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources throughout the world. Included are deposit name, location, commodity, deposit description, geologic characteristics, production, reserves, resources, and references.

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Site name	Development	Commodities
East Rand Proprietary Mines Erpm	Producer	AU AG
E.R.P.M. Mine	Producer	AU PGE AG S_P U
Crown/City Deep/Cons. Main Reef Mines	Producer	AU PGE AG
Brakpan	Past Producer	AU PGE_PT PGE_OS PGE_IR PGE_RH PGE_RU
Simmer and Jack	Producer	AU PGE_PT PGE_OS PGE_IR PGE_RU PGE_RH PGE AG
Langaagte Est.	Producer	AU PGE_PT PGE_OS PGE_IR PGE_RU PGE_RH PGE AG
Robinson Deep, Ltd.	Producer	AU PGE_PT PGE_OS PGE_IR PGE_RH PGE_RU
Nourse Mines	Producer	AU PGE_PT PGE_OS PGE_IR PGE_RU PGE_RH
Rose Deep, Ltd.	Past Producer	AU PGE_PT
Wit G. M.	Producer	AU PGE_PT PGE_OS PGE_IR PGE_RH
East Rand Prop. Mines	Producer	AU PGE_PT PGE_OS PGE_IR PGE_RU PGE_RH CU U PB ZN
Rietfontein	Past Producer	AU PGE_PT PGE_OS PGE_IR PGE_RH PGE_RU
Witwatersrand	Producer	AU PGE U
Boksburg Operations	Producer	AU AG
East Rand Proprietary Mines, Ltd.	Past Producer	AU PGE_OS PGE_IR PGE AG
Orion and Minerva	Past Producer	PGE_OS PGE_IR
Modderfontein Aeci Phos Acid Pl.	Plant	P
Wadeville	Producer	AU AG
Germiston	Producer	B AU AG
Village Main Reef	Producer	AU AG
Benoni Recovery Plant	Producer	AU
Knights Gold Mining Co.	Producer	AU
Brakpan Ref-Western Pt.	Plant	PGE AU
Simmergo Division Ergo	Producer	AU AG
(Facility) Rand Refinery Germiston	Plant	AU AG
Germiston	Producer	AU AG
Central Rand South Project	Prospect	AU
Knights	Producer	AU

An index to PGE-Ni-Cr deposits and occurrences in selected mineral-occurrence databases (web-accessible database)

A compendium of references to previously published databases and database records that describe PGE, nickel, and chromium deposits and occurrences. These data show where to obtain more detailed information about each deposit or occurrence.

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Deposit name	Deposit type	Location
(no site name)	Past Producer
Robinson Deep	Past Producer
Rose Deep, Ltd.	Past Producer
Brakpan	Past Producer
Langaagte Est.	Producer
Robinson Deep, Ltd.	Producer
Nourse Mines	Producer
Wit G. M.	Producer
East Rand Prop. Mines	Producer
East Rand Proprietary Mines, Ltd.	Past Producer
Orion and Minerva	Past Producer
Crown/City Deep/Cons. Main Reef Mines	Producer
E.R.P.M. Mine	Producer
Witwatersrand	Producer
Rietfontein	Past Producer
Simmer and Jack (Knights)	Producer
Rose Deep	Producer
East Rand Proprietary Mine (ERPM)	Producer
Simmer and Jack	Producer

Mineral operations outside the United States

Mineral facilities and operations outside the United States compiled by the National Minerals Information Center of the USGS.

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Facility name	Facility type	Commodity
(no site name)	Mine	gold
(no site name)	Refinery	gold
(no site name)	Refinery	platinum group metals