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Witwatersrand

Producer in South Africa with commodities Gold, PGE, Uranium
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000647
MRDS ID ISM0327
Record type District
Current site name Witwatersrand
Alternate or previous names Vaal Reefs Gold Mine, West Rand Consolidated Gold Mine, South Roodepoort Main Reef Gold Mine, Western Areas Gold Mine, West Driefontein Gold Mine, Western Deep Levels Gold Mine, Blyvooruitzicht Gold Mine, Bracken Gold Mine, Leslie Gold Mine, Winckelhaak Gold Mine
Related records 10134651, 10232163, 10256262

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 28.00146, -26.16331 (WGS84)
Relative position JOHANNESBURG, TOTAL STRIKE 150 KM
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Geographic areas

Country
South Africa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
PGE Primary
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 28.00146, -26.16331
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description CLASTIC SEDIMENTARY FACIES

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1892
Year of first production 1922

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner ANGLO AMERICAN CORPORATION OF SOUTH AFRICA LTD.
    Home office JOHANNESBURG
    Year 1971
  • Type Owner
    Owner GENERAL MINING UNION CORP. LTD.
    Home office JOHANNESBURG
    Year 1971
  • Type Owner
    Owner GOLDEN DUMPS (PTY.) LTD.
    Home office RANDBURG
    Year 1971
  • Type Owner
    Owner JOHANNESBURG CONSOLIDATED INVESTMENT CO. LTD.
    Home office JOHANNESBURG
    Year 1971
  • Type Owner
    Owner GOLDFIELDS OF SOUTH AFRICA LTD.
    Home office JOHANNESBURG
    Year 1971
  • Type Owner
    Owner RAND MINES LTD.
    Home office JOHANNESBURG
    Year 1971

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA (1980) MINERAL DEPOSITS AND OCCURRENCES IN SOUTH AFRICA (SHEET 2626 WEST-RAND). - OPEN FILE 157

  • Deposit

    FEATHER, C.E. (1976) MINERALOGY OF PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS IN THE WITWATERSRAND, SOUTH AFRICA. - ECON. GEOL. 7117, 1399-1428

  • Deposit

    COUSINS, C.A. (1973): PLATINOIDS IN THE WITWATERSRAND SYSTEM. - J. MIN. MET. SOC. S. AFR. 1/1973, 184-199

  • Deposit

    FEATHER, C.E. AND KOEN, G.M. (1975): THE MINERALOGY OF THE WITWATERSRAND REEFS. - MINERALS SCI. ENG. 7, 189-224

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 SCHNEIDER, GABRIELE Geological Survey of South Africa