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Native Gold from
South Deep Mine, West Wits, Far West Rand, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Native Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view South Deep Mine, West Wits, Far West Rand, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:558595
Long-form Identifier:1:3:558595:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Gold
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘKloof Mine, Eastern Sector, Far West Rand, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
10.7km (6.6 miles) ⓘLibanon Mine, Eastern Sector, Far West Rand, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
25.0km (15.5 miles) ⓘMponeng Mine, West Wits, Far West Rand, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
25.0km (15.5 miles) ⓘDriefontein Mine, Carletonville, Western Sector, Far West Rand, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
25.1km (15.6 miles) ⓘDoornkop gold mine, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
25.1km (15.6 miles) ⓘWestern Deep Levels 3 Mine, Merafong City Local Municipality, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
26.2km (16.3 miles) ⓘWestern Deep Levels 1 Mine, Western Sector, Far West Rand, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
28.8km (17.9 miles) ⓘCarletonville, Western Sector, Far West Rand, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
29.8km (18.5 miles) ⓘBlyvooruitzicht Mine, Western Sector, Far West Rand, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
31.2km (19.4 miles) ⓘRandfontein Estates Gold Mine, Rand West City Local Municipality, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
References
www.goldfields.co.za (n.d.) https://www.goldfields.co.za/ops_south_deep.php
Morishita, Yuichi, Hammond, Napoleon Q., Momii, Kazunori, Konagaya, Rimi, Sano, Yuji, Takahata, Naoto, Ueno, Hirotomo (2019) Invisible Gold in Pyrite from Epithermal, Banded-Iron-Formation-Hosted, and Sedimentary Gold Deposits: Evidence of Hydrothermal Influence. Minerals, 9 (7) 447 doi:10.3390/min9070447
 
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