Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3318CD661
Site Name
Geosite - Lion's Head Gold Mine
Site Category
Geological
References
Reference Types
Book
Citation
De Beer, M. (1987): The Lion Mountain, Balkema, 176pp.
Reference Types
Newspaper
Citation
The Lion's Head, Cape Town, Gold Mining Company. The Cape Argus, 1st December 1887.
Date Retrieved
Reference Types
Other Publication
Citation
Commission of the Cape of Good Hope, 1888. Reports on the Knysna gold fields and on gold mining and prospecting in the colony for the year 1887, p. 10-13.
Reference Types
Other Publication
Citation
Spargo, P.E. (2015): The Lion's Head Gold Mine. Bulletin, National Library of South Africa, 11pp.
Record Administration
Author
doug.cole
Post date
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 12:13
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 18:19
Location
Location
Mapping
-33.932222, 18.396487
Western Cape
  • City of Cape Town
Grading
Autoid
Grading - 225373
Submitted by
Submitted by doug.cole on 18/10/2013 - 15:54.
Grading
Grade IIIb
Grading Date
GradingComment

Abandoned gold mine of local interest. Shaft infilled and only a small excavation remains Grading by: DOUG COLE

Significance criteria
Significance Categories
Historical
Sphere of Significance
Local
Level
Low
Significance Categories
Understanding Natural or Cultural Heritage
Sphere of Significance
Local
Level
Low
Statement of Significance

Gold hosted in pyrite which occurs in quartz veins along the granite/hornfels contact. Average grade 24.5 g/t; maximum grade 71.6 g/t. shaft 45 metres deep was sunk. Shaft filled and closed in 1951. Locally significant since it is the only gold prospect in the vicinity of Cape Town

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