Village M.R.

Past Producer in South Africa with commodities Gold, PGE, Platinum, Silver

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10039267
MRDS ID	M046872
Record type	Site
Current site name	Village M.R.
Related records	10158828

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Approximate
Geographic coordinates:	25.09406, -28.99506 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
PGE	Secondary
Platinum	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

Approximate (1)	25.09406, -28.99506	ListMap

Ore body information

General form BASIN

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Witwatersrand

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner Anglo Transvaal Consolidated Investment Co., Ltd.

Production statistics

Year

1963

Period

1958 - 1963

Material

AU

Accuracy

Accurate

Description

Cp_Grade: ^0.148 Oz Au Per Ton

Importance	Item	Commodity	Group	Amount recovered	Grade	Recovery percentage
Major		Gold	Gold		4g/mt

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046872

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MINING JOUR., 1963 , RAND AND O.F.S. RETURNS: MIN. JOUR. V. 260 , P. 72
Deposit

PARK AND MAC DIARMID, 1970 , ORE DEPOSITS: FREEMAN AND CO., P. 441
Deposit

MERTIE, 1969 , ECON. GEOL. PT: U.S. GEOL. PROF. PAPER 630 , P. 46

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-FEB-1978	Blair, Will N.	U.S. Geological Survey