Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3418AC213
Site Name
Geosite - Hout Bay Manganese Mine Adit No 1
Site Category
References
Reference Types
Journal
Citation
Spargo (2010).The early mines of the Cape Peninsula. Kalk Bay Historical Association, Bulletin No. 14, pp. 1-37.
Reference Types
Other Publication
Citation
Cole (2003) The Metallogeny of the Cape Town area. Explanation and metallogenic map of Sheet 3318 (Scale 1:250 000), Council for Geoscience, Pretoria, 80p.
Date Retrieved
Reference Types
Other Publication
Citation
Welsh (1917). Report on the manganese deposits in the south-west districts of the Cape Province. Cape Times Limited, Government Printers, U.G. 34-17.
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 12:13
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 18:19
Location
Location
Mapping
-34.04945, 18.36576
Western Cape
- City of Cape Town
Gradings
Grading
Autoid
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Submitted by doug.cole on 24/10/2013 - 15:12.
Grading
Grade IIIa
Grading Date
GradingComment
Manganese mine of historic interest. Mined between1909 and 1911 and lies within the Table Mountain National Park. Grading by: DOUG COLE
Significance criteria
Significance Categories
Sphere of Significance
Local
Level
Medium
Statement of Significance
Hout Bay Manganese Mine is one of three mines still in tact in the Greater Cape Town region. Seven adits up to 84 metres long. Worked between 1909 and 1911 when 5130 tons of manganese ore removed. The manganese occurs in a narrow lode up to 1.14 metres wide and hosted by sandstone of the Ordovician Peninsula Formation. The lode trends northwest for 600 metres.
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