| | Journal (issue) | Twenty-three, Number Three ® Articles Gold in South Africa ..............................................Record, ,·olume 23 , Ma.,·-June. 1992 GOLD IN SOUTH AFRICA Bruce Cairncross Department of Geology Rand...Afrikaans University P.O. Box 524 Johannesburg 2000 South Africa Carl R. Anhaeusser Economic Geology Research...the Witwatersrand P.O. Wits 2050 Johannesburg South Africa Gold has been mined in South Africa for over...has been won from conglomerate reefs of the Witwatersrand goldfields, where production from individual | | | Journal (issue) | Mowry Place Tucson, AZ 85741 Articles Gold in South Africa ..............................................Afrikaans University P.O. Box 524 Johannesburg 2000 South Africa Carl R. Anhaeusser Economic Geology Research...O. Wits 2050 Johannesburg South Africa Gold has been mined in South Africa fo r over a century. Most...has been won from conglomerate reefs o f the Witwatersrand goldfields, where production from individual...INTRODUCTION Gold was mined in pre-European times in South Africa by the indigenous tribes. Most of the gold was | | | Book | Eastern Goldfields, Western. Australia Barberton, South Africa Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia Manitoba... Large layered complexes Bushveld Complex, South Africa Stillwater Complex, USA Great Dyke, Zimbabwe...Skaergaard, Greenland 4. Kimberlites Kimberly, South Africa B, Intrusions in cratonic areas Diamond C...Bushveld, South Africa Great Dyke, Zimbabwe Sudbury, canada Bushveld, South Africa Bushveld, South Africa...Australia Pechanga, Russia Diamond Kimberly, South Africa Yakutia, Russia Kimber lites Carbonatite complexes | | | Book | images' of each other Left: Cerussite from South- West Africa, forming multiple intergrowths Far left:...platinum deposits of the famous Merensky Reef in South Africa occur in accumulations of this kind. Phenocrysts...been found in such areas as the chalk downs of south¬ ern and eastern England. Modem man still uses rocks...average figure. For instance, in the Witwatersrand goldfield of South Africa, gold exists in a concentration...the rich copper, lead and zinc deposits of South-West Africa has concentration factors of a thousand times |
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