Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3418AC214
Site Name
Geosite - Hout Bay Manganese Mine Jetty Pillars
Site Category
References
Date Retrieved
Reference Types
Journal
Citation
Spargo (2010).The early mines of the Cape Peninsula. Kalk Bay Historical Association, Bulletin No. 14, pp. 1-37.
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 12:13
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 18:19
Location
Location
Mapping
-34.053331, 18.362319
Gradings
Grading
Autoid
Submitted by
Submitted by doug.cole on 18/10/2013 - 10:08.
Grading
Grade IIIb
Grading Date
GradingComment
Two pillars remain which supported a loading jetty for manganese ore exploited from Hout Bay Manganese Mine between 1909 and 1911. Grading by: DOUG COLE
Statement of Significance
The eroded pillars of the manganese loading jetty represent part of the infrastructure of the Hout Bay Manganese Mine which is located on the mountain slopes 600 metres northeast of the pillars and is of local geological and historical significance.
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