Gold Fields South Deep Gold Mine - Geology
The orebody that is mined at South Deep is one of the largest gold deposits in the world – as measured by Mineral Reserves - and so its geological composition is of particular significance and interest.
16 List Of Gold Mines In South Africa (2025)
There is a lot of gold in South Africa no doubt. In fact, according to reports about half of the gold in the world is located in South Africa. This should point to the fact that the country will have some of the biggest gold mines you can find anywhere.
Downloadable Material - Council for Geoscience
Bushveld Complex, South Africa - Simplified Geology and Selected Platinum, Chromite and Vanadium Deposits (±A4 size)
Gold - Minerals Council South Africa
The Witwatersrand gold-producing area in South Africa is underlain by an underground geological formation also known as the Witwatersrand Basin. It lies on the Kaapvaal Craton, and is one of the world’s largest gold placer deposits.
Largest Gold Deposits in the World – Witwatersrand Gold Fields
Jul 16, 2013 · The gold fields of the Witwatersrand Basin in South Africa are, by a landslide, the largest single gold producing district in the world. It has produced some 2 billion ounces over a century of mining and at an average grade of 15 g/t Au with a current head grade of 6-10 g/t Au and they still have estimated reserves of some 1,161 billion ounces ...
Gold Fields - Gold Fields - Mineral Resources and Mineral …
For several decades now, models using sedimentological principles were very successfully used to predict gold distribution on mine properties. Local geology The KDC is bound by the West Rand Fault to the east separating it from the South Deep Gold Mine, and is bisected by the Bank Fault, a large west dipping fault with a down-throw to the west ...
Where gold is currently mined - Mining for schools
Geology. South Africa's gold ore reserves in the Witwatersrand Basin, a gold placer deposit, with gold hosted by conglomerates and grits, has been mined for more than 100 years but remains the greatest unmined source of gold in the world. The Witwatersrand is underlain by an underground geological formation also known as the Witwatersrand Basin.
Witwatersrand Gold Fields: Geology, Genesis, and Exploration
Jan 1, 2000 · Gold has been produced from seven major gold fields located around the northern and western margin of the 350-km-long Witwatersrand basin. Each gold field consists of one major and commonly several minor reef horizons that have been mined semicontinuously for up …
Geology of the gold deposit Introduction 75 The Klein Letaba mine (Figure 1) is situated in the footwall of the Hout River Shear Zone at the contact of the Sutherland greenstone belt with the SMZ of the Limpopo Belt, and is the largest gold mine in the Sutherland greenstone belt. It started production in 1911 as the Eclipse gold mine.
General Geology - Theta Gold Mines
The Company dominates the Eastern Transvaal Gold Fields with a 620 km of tenement package covering 43 historical mines across nine (9) Mining Rights. A Mineral System Model (ore genesis and structural geology model) was developed to support the company’s exploration efforts.