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Hematite from
Gamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa


Locality type:Ridge
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1033462
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1033462:3
GUID (UUID V4):437cd5a6-ecd3-4a7f-a15e-99c6f39a13cd
Localities for Hematite in this Region
Western Belt, Gamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa
Beeshoek Mine, Western Belt, Gamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa
Bishop farm, Western Belt, Gamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa
Doornfontein Farm, Western Belt, Gamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa
Glosam Mining Village, Gloucester Farm, Western Belt, Gamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa
Gloucester mine, Gloucester Farm, Western Belt, Gamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa
Kapstewel, Western Belt, Gamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa
Manganore, Western Belt, Gamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa
Paling farm, Western Belt, Gamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
2.0km (1.3 miles) Glosam Mining Village, Gloucester Farm, Western Belt, Gamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa
7.8km (4.9 miles) Bishop farm, Western Belt, Gamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa
12.9km (8.0 miles) Doornfontein Farm, Western Belt, Gamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa
15.8km (9.8 miles) Paling farm, Western Belt, Gamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa
21.9km (13.6 miles) Aucampsrust, ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
23.7km (14.7 miles) Unnamed borehole, Tsantsabane Local Municipality, ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
23.7km (14.7 miles) Khumani Mine, Kathu, Gamagara Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
25.2km (15.7 miles) Beeshoek Mine, Western Belt, Gamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa
35.7km (22.2 miles) Kolomela Mine, Postmasburg, Tsantsabane Local Municipality, ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
36.9km (22.9 miles) Sishen Mine, Kathu, Gamagara Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
838–7.88 X-ray Powder Pattern: Gloucester Farm, South Africa. 3.309 (100), 3.051 (80), 2.805 (80), 2.349...Total 99.3 [101.9] [100.00] (1) Gloucester Farm, South Africa; recalculated from original analysis. (2) Do...manganese ore replacing shale (Gloucester Farm, South Africa); in veinlets cutting manganese ore (Molinello...Association: Bixbyite, hematite, ephesite, diaspore, amesite (Gloucester Farm, South Africa); braunite, saneroite...Along Gamagara Ridge, on Gloucester Farm, about 27 km north of Postmasburg, Cape Province, South Africa
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
manganese ores of the Postmasburg manganese field, South Africa J. GUTZMERAND N. J. BEUKES Department of Geology...University, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa Abstract The diagenetic to very low-grade metamorphic...Transvaal Supergroup, manganese ore, Postmasburg, South Africa. Introduction TIlE manganese ores of the Postmasburg...Supergroup is overlain unconformably by red beds of the Gamagara Formation of the late Palaeoproterozoic (2.2-1...andesitic lavas, are thrust over the Gamagara Formation along the Black Ridge thrust fault (Fig. IC) (Beukes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the manganese wadto braunitc, partridgeitc, hematite, andbixbyite. ThewadwasderivedfromMn- andFerichdolomites...THF,Postmasburg manganese field,situated in the Northern replacement of the countryrockbymanganeseCapeProvince...In contrast Schneiderh6hn (1931)suggested in the south(Fig. 1). Miningof the manganese orescom- Borchert...ng AnalyticalTechniques the centralpartof the Gamagara ridge.Siliceous oresoccur in the Easternbelt alongthe...southernextremitiesof the Gamagara manganese oresamples, covering all macroscopically distinct ridge (Fig. 1; Hall
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
African Localities T o complement the Minerals of Africa theme of the 2002 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show,...88; Namibia is next with 73; the Republic of South Africa is third with 65; together they represent about...immediately leap to mind at the very mention of Africa, David Livingstone (18 13-73) and Henry Morton...for them, but neither species was first found in Africa; Mexico and Peru are the type localities for livingstoneite...discovered in a famed Kimberley diamond pipe in South Africa (see Who’s Who in Mineral Names by Tarassoff
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
nn Vtltrr'ns, GeologicalSun:ey of the Union of South AJrica, Pretoria. Ansrnlcr Gamagarite, a new mineral...the manganese ores of the Postmasburg district, Cape Province. It has the following properties: Colour...its name from the Gamagara ridge, a prominent line of hills running from north to south acrossthe westernpart...the most part being crowded with inclusionsof hematite, cubesof sitaparite, etc. Clean material was obtained...sparingly present and minute, rounded grains of hematite are scatteredin patchesthroughout the sitaparite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Deposits of the Postmasburg Mn Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Brenton J. Fairey 1,† , Martin J...Geology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6139, South Africa Correspondence: h.tsikos@ru.ac.za Current address:...Postmasburg Manganese Field (PMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa, once represented one of the largest...Postmasburg manganese field; hydrothermal; karst; South Africa Minerals 2019, 9, 408; doi:10.3390/min9070408...(KMF), the Postmasburg Manganese Field (PMF) was South Africa’s largest producer of this important component
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
brackebuschite group described from Gamagara Ridge, South Africa (de Villiers, 1943). The Mn3+ − analogue...very minute celsian, cymrite, hyalophane, albite, hematite, aegirine, manganoan garnets, ganophyllite, tamaite...of minute albite, celsian, cymrite, hyalophane, hematite, ganophyllite group minerals, aegirine and manganoan
Journal (volume)
of Banded Iron Formation-Hosted High-Grade Hard Hematite Deposits—A Paleomagnetic Approach M. O. de Kock...Geochemistry of Banded Iron Formation-Hosted High-Grade Hematite-Martite Iron Ores J. Gutzmer, Benny C. Chisonga...Genesis of Giant Banded Iron Formation-Hosted Hematite Ore Deposits John G. McLellan and Nicholas H....Approach to the Sishen South Iron Ore Deposit, Northern Cape Province, South Africa, and Its Implication...Deposit, Simandou Range, Republic of Guinea, West Africa I. L. Cope, J. J. Wilkinson, A. J. Boyce, J. B
Book
2. Model Test Area: Moanda Deposit, Gabon, West Africa 2.2.2.1. Introduction 20 20 23 23 23 25 25 27...Postmasburg Region, Griqualand West, Cape Province, South Africa 3.3.1. Geological Setting 3.3.2. Genesis...Manganese Ore Formation Manganese Ore Deposits of North Africa: Imini, Morocco 3.4.1. Geological Setting 3.4.2...Oxidation and Karst Ore Accumulation of the Enisei Ridge Mn Deposits (Central Siberia) 3.5.2.1. Geological...ancient glaciers, and the glaciation epoch of the northern countries - in Scotland, in Scandinavia, in Finland
Report (issue)
SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA MINERALOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA:... COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA Scientific Editor R.D. Dixon Linguistic and...Council for Geoscience (Geological Survey of South Africa), 280 Pretoria Street, Silverton, Pretoria or........................... 69 5.1 Overview of South African Occurrences ..............................LAYEREDSUITE,BUSHVELDCOMPLEX.... 111 MINERALOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA: TYPE-MINERAL SPECIES AND TYPE-MINERAL NAMES
Book (edition)
OF CAPE COLONY THE SOUTH AFRICAN SCIENCE SERIES. EDMONDS' for (H.) ELEMENTARY BOTANY, South Africa...PLANTS AND THEIR WAYS IN SOUTH AFRICA. By BERTHA STONEMAN, Huguenot ton, South Africa. grams, and Map. With...College, Welling- Illustrations, 3s. Dia- 6d. SOUTH AFRICAN FLOWERING PLANTS : for the use of Beginners...AND CALCUTTA. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GEOLOGY OF CAPE COLONY BY A. W. KOGEBS, D.Sc., F.G.S. AND L...TOIT, B.A., F.G.S. OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CAPE COLONY WITH A CHAPTER ON THE FOSSIL REPTILES OF
Book
prehnite, Colonel Hendrik von Prehn, of Cape Town, South Africa. samarskite, Colonel V. E. von Samarski-Bykhovets...in the Azores. gamagarite, Gamagara ridge, Postmasburg district, South Africa. garronite, Garron plateau...in Sierra Almagrera, Spain. joaquinite, Joaquin ridge of the Diablo Mountain range, California. kitkaite...Mount Vesuvius, Italy. wairauite, Wairau Valley, South Island, New Zealand. yugawaralite, Yugawara hot...bultfonteinite, Bultfontein diamond mine, Kimberley, South Africa. carlinite, Carlin gold deposit, Eureka County
Journal (volume)
Digest." Report. Abbontiakoon's New Shaft {m.d.) Africa, Iron Ore Resources of British African Steel Companies...others (m.d.) Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa Anglo-Persian Oil Co's. Profits (m.d.) Antimonial...Labour Troubles 319 Report Broken Hill South *329 Broken Hill South, Concentration at. .V. F. Stanley Low...Canadian Mining Institute's Bulletin Cape Copper Co., Receivers for Cape Province, Oil Shale in Carbon Black...Dredging by asterisks Coal in Newfoundland Coal in Northern Transvaal Coal : Its Properties, etc Coal-Mining
Book (edition)
Smithsonian Inst., Washington, D.C. Alan Pring: South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, Australia. Gunnar...garnets, clays, calcite, dolomite, apatites, rutile, hematite, magnetite, pyrite, and others. Such minerals...10. India 11. South east Asia 12. Middle East 13. African Countries, from north to south 14. Oceania 15...15. Australia 16. Antarctica 17. South America The localities section includes a description of the...Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Isand South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia
Book (edition)
Newc Newcastle Coalfield, England. N.S.W. New South Wales, Australia. N.Z. New Zealand. 6 Norf ...Wales. Pac Pacific Coast, U.S.A. Pat Patagonia, South America. Port Portuguese (mostly in Brazil). ...of South Africa. S. Am South America. S. Staff South Staffordshire, England. S. Wales South Wales...Transvaal, Republic of South Africa. U.K. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 7 U.S....Socialist Republics. Venez Venezuela. W. Afr West Africa. War Warwickshire, England. York Yorkshire
Book (edition)
Aus1rnlia. Thomas Nelson Aus1r.1lia. 102 Dodds S1rce1. South Mdbournc. Vic1oria 3205. Auslr.ilia Chapman & Hall...9 (for 1 952). p. 99. From (TL) Crackers Well. South Australia. Australia. Deposit located by air-borne...1 892) Syst. Mi11., 6th ed .. p. 50. A term of South American origin describing galena in granular form...(Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS, 22, 433. (TL) Mt Tkhach. northern Caucasus. USSR. Adinole. syn. of albite. F.S....Z=4 fPDF 29-330). (TL) Dutoitspan, Kimberley, South Africa. Named for A.F. Williams. Agalitc, syn. of talc
Book
CALCUTTA MADRAS KARACHI IBADAN NAIROBI DAR ES SALAAM CAPE TOWN Published in the USA by Oxford University...composition 5Mg0.3Si02.3^-4H20, from Mt. Tkhach, northern Caucasus. This is perhaps the ‘new variety of...colourless, monoclinic crystals from Kimberley, South Africa. Named after Mr. Alpheus Fuller Williams, of...-Bd. II, p. 655 (Alumohaematit). An aluminian hematite in bauxites. An un¬ necessary name. 22nd List...1918. Geol. Survey S. Africa, Mem. no. 12, p. 20 et seq., Trans. Geol. Soc. S. Africa, 1919, vol. xxi, p
 
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