East Rand Proprietary Mines, Ltd.

Past Producer in South Africa with commodities Gold, Osmium, Iridium, PGE, Silver

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10038815
MRDS ID	M046266
Record type	Site
Current site name	East Rand Proprietary Mines, Ltd.
Related records	10159257

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	28.21256, -26.20577 (WGS84)
Relative position	ABOUT 4 MILES SE JOHANNESBURG
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Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Osmium	Primary
Iridium	Primary
PGE	Secondary
Silver	Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

SMALL QUANTITIES PT AND AG RECOVERED BUT UNIMPORTANT IN SOUTH AFRICA TERMS. PT IS AN IMPURITY IN GOLD AND IS RECOVERED AT THE RAND REFINERY AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE PURIFICATION PROCESS.

Nearby scientific data

(1)	28.21256, -26.20577	ListMap

Ore body information

General form REEF

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Boksberg

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046266

Bibliographic references

Deposit

WAGNER, 1929, PLATINUM DEPOSITS AND MINES IN SOUTH AFRICA: STRUIK (PTY) LTD., CAPETOWN 1973, P. 33

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-OCT-1975	Blair, Will N.	U.S. Geological Survey