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Unnamed heavy minerals deposit, Schaap Vley Hills Farm, Matzikama Local Municipality, West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africai
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 26' 17'' South , 18° 5' 31'' East
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Vredendal | 14,806 (2012) | 46.4km |
The overburden aeolian sands of the informal “Koekenaap Formation” contain heavy minerals with no economic potential, ilmenite, rutile, anatase and zircon
are the principal heavy minerals.
Lignite was intersected in ten boreholes within a northwest-trending area 7 km long and between 1 and 2 km wide. Four seams are present within a clay and subordinate sand succession 16 to 64 m in thickness. Three seams lies within
a southwest-trending palaeovalley 1 to 2 km wide and is up to 70 m deep with a floor minimum elevation of 5 m (Cole, 2013).
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