View enlarged image. Witwatersrand Basin depositional model. The reefs, which are generally less than 2 metres thick, are widely considered to represent extensive fluvial fans.
ABSTRACT. Automated optical- and radiometric sorting plants treating Witwatersrand gold ore were operational in the 1970's and 80's with limited success on run of mine applications. Since then sensor based sorting technology has evolved significantly in its detection capabilities and throughput capacities of the sorting machines.
Christoph A. Heinrich1,2*. The Witwatersrand Basin in South Africa is one of the best-preserved records of fluvial sedimentation on an Archaean continent1. The basin hosts …
As with all other gold-bearing conglomerates found in the Witwatersrand Basin, pyrite, the most abundant ore mineral in the Black Reef ore deposit, can be classified into three main classes (da Costa et al., 2020): (1) detrital (or allogenic) pyrite; (2) diagenetic (or authigenic) pyrite that formed in situ after deposition; and (3 ...
Frimmel HE (2018) Episodic concentration of gold to ore grade through Earth's history. Earth Sci Rev 180:148–158. Article Google Scholar Frimmel HE, Le Roex AP, Knight J, Minter WEL (1993) A case study of the postdepositional alteration of the Witwatersrand Basal reef gold placer. Econ Geol 88:249–265
Surface and sub-surface distribution of the main Archaean stratigraphic units of the Kaapvaal Craton, showing the known extent of the Witwatersrand Basin, the fill of which comprises the West Rand and Central Rand groups; blue line delineates trace of the Black Reef Quartzite Formation at the base of the Neoarchaean to early …
The results show that Witwatersrand gold ores are amenable to the process of ore blending. ... Cyanidation of reef and surface gold ores. The Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy,112, 295–300 ... Wits, 2050, South Africa. Glen T. Nwaila & Steven Zhang. Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources ...
The Mesoarchaean Witwatersrand Basin represents the largest known gold anomaly and has produced more gold than any other ore province in the world. …
The first case study deals with recovering gold reef from surface rock dumps (SRD) at Kloof Gold Mine. Over a period from 2003 to 2010 various test work campaigns and pilot plant work was carried out proving both the technical and economic viability of optical sorting. Typically the grade of a SRD ranges between 0.5 g/t to 1.0 g/t of gold.
Mineral phases of the Witwatersrand gold ore as determined by QEMSCAN (120 bar: large particles): (A) Ventersdorp Contact Reef (VCR) showing subrounded quartz pebbles surrounded by jagged ...
Carbon Seam on basal scour of Carbon Leader Reef with columnar carbon structure and abundant visible gold-West Wits Goldfield (Photograph by B. …
The primary objective of the study was to determine the controls of mineralization in the White Reef, which occurs at the base of the Reef Stage of the Upper Witwatersrand System on the West Rand. It is a quartzite with scattered pebbles and occasional 'banket' conglomerates. The average gold content at 317 gm-cm per tonne is low, but uranium …
Witwatersrand System, major division of Precambrian rocks in South Africa (the Precambrian began about 3.8 billion years ago and ended 540 million years ago). The …
This is a spectacular sample of Precambrian high-grade gold ore from South Africa's Blyvooruitzicht Gold Mine. The rock is from the Carbon Leader (also known as the Carbon Leader Reef & Carbon Leader Seam), a blackened, hydrocarbon-rich stromatolitic interval richly impregnated with native gold (Au) and radioactive uraninite/pitchblende …
The Black Reef Formation is a laterally extensive sedimentary succession at the base of the Transvaal Supergroup. The quartz-pebble conglomerates host erratic concentrations of gold and uranium; however, in areas that are located spatially above the gold and uranium-bearing reefs of the Witwatersrand Supergroup, the concentrations …
The WBP is set to transform West Wits into a long-term gold producer, with average steady state annual ROM production of 65,000oz for 25-years, over a 27-year LOM for 1.6Moz of gold. ... situated on the Kimberly Reef. Significant global Mineral Resources of 4,28 Moz gold resource @ 4.58 g/t Au Maiden 290,000oz Ore Reserve Approx. 70% in ...
Corner of Northern Parkway & Data Crescent, Ormonde, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa +27 11 248 5000 Private Bag 1998, Gold Reef City, 2159
ABSTRACT We present an integrated approach to the seismic interpretation of one of the world's deepest gold ore body (Carbon Leader Reef) using three‐dimensional seismic data, ultrasonic velocity measurements at elevated stresses, and modified instantaneous attribute analysis. Seismic wave velocities of the drill‐core samples …
Christoph A. Heinrich1,2*. The Witwatersrand Basin in South Africa is one of the best-preserved records of fluvial sedimentation on an Archaean continent1. The basin hosts the worlds biggest gold ...
Shallow Reefs Gold is targeting 200 000 oz/y gold production from reef over the next decade from a pipeline of "well-known, high-quality shallow gold deposits" in the Witwatersrand Gold Basin and there is a firm belief that South Africa's significant endowment has the capacity to create growth, jobs and community upliftment …
Animation of a 3-D scan of a sample with high gold grades. Credit: S. Fuchs, GEOMAR. Using high-resolution imaging techniques, the researchers were able to visualize a to date unknown ore-forming ...
The carbon-rich Vaal Reef, the world's biggest gold orebody, produced about 3,000 t of gold from a single reef mined over ∼ 60 km 2 (estimated from ref. 2).
This is a spectacular sample of Precambrian high-grade gold ore from South Africa's Blyvooruitzicht Gold Mine. The rock is from the Carbon Leader (also known as the Carbon Leader Reef & Carbon Leader Seam), a blackened, hydrocarbon-rich stromatolitic interval richly impregnated with native gold (Au) and radioactive uraninite/pitchblende …
GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS Vol. 48 No. 6 2006 GOLD-BEARING REEFS OF THE WITWATERSRAND BASIN 417 considers the reefs to be near-shore marine and alluvial
(b) monazite with fine disseminations of ore minerals; quartz is dark gray (V aal Reef). GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS V ol. 48 No. 6 2006 GOLD-BEARING REEFS OF THE WITW ATERSRAND BASIN 435
Australia-based West Wits Mining has announced first ore production from the Witwatersrand Basin gold project in South Africa. Located in the West Witwatersrand Basin goldfield, the project has a mineral resource estimate (MRE) of 4.28Moz @ 4.58g/t Au. The Witwatersrand Basin project is expected to have a peak production capacity of …
107. Gold ore from Witwatersrand James St. John/CC BY SA 2.0. In 1886, after years of rumors, legends, and smaller discoveries, it was definitively established …
ORE RESEARCH & EXPLORATION P/L ABN 28 006 859 856 . 37A Hosie Street · Bayswater North · VIC 3153 · AUSTRALIA . 61 3 9729 0333 61 3 9729 8338 . info@ore .au CERTIFICATE OF ANALYSIS FOR . Gold Ore (Ventersdorp Contact Reef, Mponeng Mine, West Wits, Witwatersrand Basin, South …
Select image to enlarge. The mine is located in the West Rand region on the north-western rim of the world-renowned Witwatersrand Basin. The Wits Basin, as it is more …
Grey labels indicate three geochemical drivers, proposed to have interacted to form the Witwatersrand gold ores (WITS). Full size image. Rainwater with dissolved …
This is a spectacular sample of Precambrian high-grade gold ore from South Africa's Blyvooruitzicht Gold Mine. The rock is from the Carbon Leader (also known as the Carbon Leader Reef & Carbon Leader Seam), a blackened, hydrocarbon-rich stromatolitic interval richly impregnated with native gold (Au) and radioactive uraninite/pitchblende (UO 2 ...