Steenkampskraal Mine, Matzikama Local Municipality, West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Steenkampskraal Mine | Mine |
| Matzikama Local Municipality | Municipality |
| West Coast District Municipality | District |
| Western Cape | Province |
| South Africa | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
30° 58' 33'' South , 18° 37' 58'' East
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Mindat Locality ID:
56219
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:56219:6
GUID (UUID V4):
df92338c-0764-4034-8914-6ffa57f2db4a
Located 50 km east of Bitterfontein. Boundary changes place locality into the Western Cape province. Rare earth deposit. The mine has the highest grade of rare earth elements (REE) in the world. It has a Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) of 605,000 tons at an average grade of 14.36% total rare earth oxides (TREO) for a total of 86,900 tons contained TREO including Y2O3. There is the potential to further increase the resource within and beyond the current mining right area. The neodymium grade, on its own, is 2.58% which is higher than the total rare earth grades in most other rare earth deposits. The total quantity of neodymium in the mine is 15,600 tons. The mine owns the surrounding farms Roodewal 74 and Uilklip 65.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| β 'Apatite' Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| β Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 References: |
| β Copper Formula: Cu |
| β Enstatite Formula: Mg2Si2O6 |
| β Fluorapatite Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F Description: Found with chalcopyrite and monazite. |
| β Hercynite Formula: Fe2+Al2O4 |
| β Ilmenite Formula: Fe2+TiO3 |
| β Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 References: |
| β Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| β 'Monazite' Formula: REE(PO4) Description: Red crystals up to 10cm associated with fluorapatite, chalcopyrite and malachite and other sulphides. References: |
| β Monazite-(Ce) Formula: Ce(PO4) |
| β 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup' |
| β 'Pyroxene Group' Formula: ADSi2O6 |
| β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| β Zircon Formula: Zr(SiO4) References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Copper | 1.AA.05 | Cu |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| β | Hercynite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Al2O4 |
| β | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| β | Ilmenite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2+TiO3 |
| β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| β | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| β | Monazite-(Ce) | 8.AD.50 | Ce(PO4) |
| β | Fluorapatite | 8.BN.05 | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| β | Zircon | 9.AD.30 | Zr(SiO4) |
| β | Enstatite | 9.DA.05 | Mg2Si2O6 |
| Unclassified | |||
| β | 'Monazite' | - | REE(PO4) |
| β | 'Pyroxene Group' | - | ADSi2O6 |
| β | 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup' | - | |
| β | 'Apatite' | - | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
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| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steenkampskraal_mine |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q17054179 |
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