A diamond mine, working a kimberlite pipe located along a kimberlite dyke. The deposit was discovered in 1876, but already mined earlier by local Bashoto tribesmen for ilmenite. Large-scale mining commenced in 1886 and continued until the start of the Boer War in 1899. Since then, the mine was operated and re-evaluated only intermittently.
Located 10 miles NW of Clocolan.
References:
- Mathias, M., Siebert, J.C., and Rickwood, P.C. (1970): Some Aspects of the Mineralogy and Petrology of Ultramafic Xenoliths in Kimberlite. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 26, 75-123.
- Dawson, J.B., and Reid, A.M. (1970): A Pyroxene-Ilmenite Intergrowth from the Monastery Mine, South Africa. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 26, 296-301.
- Field, M., Stiefenhofer, J., Robey, J., and Kurszlaukis, S. (2008): Kimberlite-hosted diamond deposits of southern Africa: A review. Ore Geology Reviews 34, 33-75.
Mineral List:17 entries listed. 14 valid minerals.
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