Vlakfontein

Producer in South Africa with commodities Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Rhodium, Ruthenium

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10106898
MRDS ID	M046343
Record type	Site
Current site name	Vlakfontein
Alternate or previous names	Vlakfontein Gold Mining Co., Ltd.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	28.40145, -26.32993 (WGS84)
Relative position	12 MILES NORTH OF HEIDELBERG
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Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Platinum	Secondary
Osmium	Secondary
Iridium	Secondary
Rhodium	Secondary
Ruthenium	Secondary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chalcopyrite	Ore
Galena	Ore
Pyrite	Ore
Pyrrhotite	Ore
Sphalerite	Ore
Uraninite	Ore

Analytical data

Result	COMPOSITION OF PLATINOIDS IN PERCENT: IR = 36.0, OS = 38.0, RU = 15.9, PT = 9.3, RH = .8

Nearby scientific data

(1)	28.40145, -26.32993	ListMap

Ore body information

General form LITHIFIED PLACER

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	East Rand Basin Area, Witwatersrand

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner Gold Fields

Comments on the production information

WORKS MAIN REEF GROUP. AU/PT RECOVERY = 2870:1

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046343

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. PT METALS: USGS PROF. PAPER 630, P. 45 - 48
Deposit

COUSINS, 1973, PLATINOIDS IN THE WITWATERSRAND SYSTEM: JOUR. S. AFRICA INST. MIN. AND METALL., V. 73, NO. 6, P. 3 - 5
Deposit

WAGNER, 1929, PT MINES AND DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AFRICA: STRUIK (PTY) LTD., CAPETOWN 1973, P. 32 - 40
Deposit

PARK AND MACDIARMID, 1970, ORE DEPOSITS.
Deposit

5) MINING JOURNAL, 1977, V.288

Reporter information

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