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Olifantspoort Mine, Olifantspoort, North West Province, South Africa

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Reported as a small copper deposit of the "Later Iron Age", in a group of a large number of working and mines of the Iron Age worked by indigenous peoples.

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28 entries listed. 28 valid minerals.

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References

Friede, H. M., (1980), Iron Age Mining in the Transvaal. Journal of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: April: 156

Reeks, G. (2007) Olifantspoort Mine, Olifantspoort, Northern Province. South African Micromount Society newsletter: 33(3)

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