Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3418AC215
Site Name
Geosite - Skoorsteenkop
Site Category
Geological
References
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
Author
doug.cole
Post date
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 12:13
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 18:19
Location
Location
Mapping
-34.028333, 18.377778
Western Cape
  • City of Cape Town
Grading
Autoid
Grading - 225379
Submitted by
Submitted by doug.cole on 18/10/2013 - 10:31.
Grading
Not Conservation Worthy
Grading Date
GradingComment

Small manganese prospect worked between 1909 and 1910 on the slopes of Skoorsteenkop and difficult to locate. Grading by: DOUG COLE

Significance criteria
Significance Categories
Historical
Sphere of Significance
Local
Level
Low
Statement of Significance

Manganese lode 30 metres long enclosed in quartzitic sandstone of the Peninsula Formation. Prospected between 1909 and 1910 and of local geological and historical significance.

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