Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2823AB1
    Site Name
    Specularite Mine, Gatkoppies, Postmasburg
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Associated People
    History of use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -28.301286, 23.114888
      Northern Cape
      • Z F Mgcawu
      • Tsantsabane
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Street Address
      Land Parcel Reference
      Postmasburg
      Directions to Site
      High
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      This specularite (shiny grey powdery substance) mine has been used since pre-historic times.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The old Specularite Mine, including the land on which it is situated, being a portion of that portion of land marked AA on Survey Diagram SG 2242/52, filed as Plan 1062 LD and covered by Survey Diagram SG 1757/1907, being a portion of the Remainder of Erf 1, Postmasburg.
      Certificate of Registered Crown Title 730/1954, dated 29 November 1954 (endorsement p. 2).

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      13775
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      526
      Archive Status
      National monument
      13775-526.pdf (92.04 KB)
      Media
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