gold mining in witwatersrand

The impact of gold mining on the Witwatersrand on the rivers and

2012年6月15日  The dolomites of the younger Transvaal Supergroup overlie the gold-bearing Ventersdorp Supergroup and Witwatersrand Supergroup, with the result that many of the

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Witwatersrand gold fields: Geology, genesis and

2000年1月1日  The Witwatersrand gold fields of South Africa account for more than a third of the world’s total gold pro- duction since mining started there in 1886: 48,000 t Au. These gold fields...

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Discovery of the Gold in 1884 South African History Online

The first recorded discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand was made by Jan Gerrit Bantjes in June 1884, on the farm Vogelstruisfontein, and was followed soon thereafter, in September, by

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The impact of gold mining on the Witwatersrand on the rivers and

2012年6月15日  The dewatering and rewatering of the karstic aquifer overlying and adjacent to the Witwatersrand Supergroup and the pollution caused by Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) are

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Mponeng Gold Mine - Wikipedia

Mponeng is an ultra-deep tabular gold mine in South Africa in the Witwatersrand Basin of the Gauteng Province. [1] Previously known as Western Deep Levels No1 Shaft, the mine began

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Origin of Witwatersrand gold: a metamorphic devolatilisation ...

2013年11月22日  The origin of Witwatersrand gold can be explained by metamorphic devolatilisation to generate auriferous fluids beneath and outside the Witwatersrand Basin,

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Witwatersrand gold: Discovery matters - G. N. Phillips, 2013

2013年6月1日  Descriptions of the Witwatersrand goldfields have invoked superlatives around themes including great wealth, huge depths, giant mines and innovative engineering. After its

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Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Gauteng) - South African History

2024年1月12日  Massive mine dumps, many upwards of 30 meters tall, have become landmarks of Johannesburg — or "eGoli"-the place of gold, in Zulu. In the 1970's the gold mines moved

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Largest Gold Deposits in the World – Witwatersrand

2013年7月16日  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

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Introduction to South African Deep-Level Gold and Platinum Mining

2022年8月13日  Gold. The discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in South Africa occurred between 1884 and 1886 with George Harrison’s 1886 discovery on the farm Langlaagte considered as the most significant. The first large mining company, the Witwatersrand Gold Mining Company, was established in the same year .

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Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Gauteng) - South African History

2024年1月12日  Witwatersrand, ridge of gold-bearing rock mostly in Gauteng Province, South Africa.Its name means “Ridge of White Waters, in Afrikaans.”The highland, which forms the watershed between the Vaal and Limpopo rivers, is about 100 km long and 37 km wide; its average elevation is about 1,700 meters. Its rich gold deposits, occurring in conglomerate

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South Africa - Diamonds, Gold, Imperialism Britannica

1 天前  South Africa - Diamonds, Gold, Imperialism: South Africa experienced a transformation between 1870, when the diamond rush to Kimberley began, and 1902, when the South African War ended. Midway between these dates, in 1886, the world’s largest goldfields were discovered on the Witwatersrand. As the predominantly agrarian societies of European South Africa

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History Grade 10 - Topic 6 Contextual Overview

2020年11月18日  Consequently, the first large gold mining company was formed in September 1886 and by 1888 there were approximately forty-four companies in the gold mining industry. By 1899 there was approximately £75 millions of foreign investment. 2.2 Deep ... Impact of the Discovery of Gold in the Witwatersrand:

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Acid Mine Drainage from Gold Mining in South Africa:

2024年7月26日  There have been discussions and reports of gold mine AMD in South Africa, with the western, central, and eastern basins of the Witwatersrand Gold Fields being the most well-known (Abiye et al. 2022) due to the environmental harm that AMD from these mines create, especially on the freshwater supplies in the higher sections of the Vaal River and the risks

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South Africa - Gold Mining, Economy, History Britannica

3 天之前  South Africa - Gold Mining, Economy, History: Prospectors established in 1886 the existence of a belt of gold-bearing reefs 40 miles (60 km) wide centered on present-day Johannesburg. The rapid growth of the gold-mining industry intensified processes started by the diamond boom: immigration, urbanization, capital investment, and labor migrancy. By 1899 the

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The formation of gold deposits in South Africa ScienceDaily

2017年4月20日  The Witwatersrand basin in South Africa hosts the largest known gold repository on Earth -- but how was it formed? Scientists were able to figure out how parts of the Earth's largest gold deposits ...

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Witwatersrand gold: Discovery matters - G. N. Phillips, 2013

2013年6月1日  The annual decline of Witwatersrand production has averaged 20 t of gold per year since 1994; at this rate, Witwatersrand gold mining will end in mid-2022. The forty-year production decline is attributed here to exploration failure as there has been no new goldfield discovered since Evander in 1951.

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Johannesburg - Gold Rush, Apartheid, Mining Britannica

6 天之前  Johannesburg - Gold Rush, Apartheid, Mining: Johannesburg’s early history is the story of gold. In 1853 Pieter Jacob Marais, a South African prospector, recovered alluvial gold from the Jukskei River, north of what would become Johannesburg. The years that followed brought several modest strikes, but the Witwatersrand Main Reef eluded searchers until

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Gold Mining on Witwatersrand 1886 - Quizgecko

Countries had to keep gold in a bank vault to back their currency; The price of gold was fixed internationally; Countries without gold reserves had to buy gold from other countries to back their currency; Discovery and Mining of Deep-Level Gold Discovery of Gold. Gold was discovered deep under the ground in Witwatersrand, South Africa in 1886

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Witwatersrand Basin Project, Gauteng, South Africa

2021年9月7日  The Witwatersrand Basin gold mine in South Africa's Gauteng Province is expected to start production in 2022. Project Type. Underground mine. Producer of. Gold. Reserves. ... mineral reserves at the Qala Shallows

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Rockburst phenomena in the gold mines of the Witwatersrand

Greenberg, R. 1964: Structure-gold relationships as revealed by some Witwatersrand mine survey plans - Les rapports structure-or tels qu'ils sont révélés par les levés dans les mines du Witwatersrand Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. Transactions 73(4): 278-288

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The Witwatersrand Basin and Its Gold Deposits SpringerLink

2019年2月21日  Phillips GN, Law JDM (2000) Witwatersrand gold fields: geology, genesis and exploration. SEG Reviews 13:439–500. Google Scholar Phillips GN, Powell R (2011) Origin of Witwatersrand gold: a metamorphic devolatilisation-hydrothermal replacement model. Appl Earth Sci (Trans Inst Min Metall B) 120:112–129

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Gold mining: Knysna's Millwood gold fields - Knysna Museums

Barberton thrived briefly as a gold mining region, but it was soon overshadowed by the opening of the reefs of the Witwatersrand. Gold mining continues on a much reduced scale in the Barberton area to this day. WITWATERSRAND: The English miner, J.H. Davis, is credited with the earliest find on the Witwatersrand - on the farm Pardekraal in 1852.

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Banket (mining term) - Wikipedia

Banket, a South African mining term, applied to the beds of auriferous conglomerate, chiefly occurring in the Witwatersrand gold-fields. The name was given to these beds from their resemblance to a pastry, known in Dutch as banket, resembling almond hard-bake. The word is the same as banquet, and is derived ultimately from bank or bench, meaning table-feast,

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Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Soils from Witwatersrand Gold

2016年6月30日  The study evaluates the health risk caused by heavy metals to the inhabitants of a gold mining area and found the carcinogenic risk and non-carcinogenic risk values were both higher than acceptable values. The study evaluates the health risk caused by heavy metals to the inhabitants of a gold mining area. In this study, 56 soil samples from five mine tailings and 17

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Top 10 Gold Mines in South Africa - Mining Digital

2022年2月2日  The Doornkop gold mine, also operated by Harmony Gold, is a mature, deep-level single-shaft operation (reaching 2,219m), located 30kms west of Johannesburg. Its remaining life is currently 14 years. Located on the northwestern rim of the Witwatersrand Basin, the Doornkop gold mine is concentrated on the South Reef orebody.

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The impact of gold mining on the Witwatersrand on the

2012年6月1日  Request PDF The impact of gold mining on the Witwatersrand on the rivers and karst system of Gauteng and North West Province, South Africa The Witwatersrand has been subjected to geological ...

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Trends in productivity in the South African gold mining industry

Gold mining continues to be a major contributor to the South African economy. The country has a great comparative advantage in terms of gold mineral resource endowment, but the gold mining sector is faced with several challenges that prevent South Africa from turning this comparative advantage into a competitive advantage.

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