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Consolidated Murchison (Antimony Line) mine

Consolidated Murchison (Antimony Line) mine, South Africa. Producing, underground, mining antimony, gold.

Why Consolidated Murchison (Antimony Line) is famous

South African antimony and gold mine. History not yet sourced. USGS 2021 lists the Consolidated Murchison mine near Gravelotte, run by Stibium Mining, with an antimony capacity of 5,500 t a year.1,2

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Consolidated Murchison (Antimony Line) today

Where antimony is mined todayWhere gold is mined todayMining in South Africa

Where next

Mines

ExamplesXikuangshanAntimony in China and South Africa: Xikuangshan and Consolidated Murchison.1

Sources

  1. data/minerals/operations.csv Prospector Trails (internal)
  2. 2020-21 Minerals Yearbook, South Africa (advance release) US Geological Survey

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Super Pit, Kalgoorlie by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0; Underground mining equipment by Kaupo Kikkas, CC BY-SA 4.0. Pictures: Pangkalpinang. Mijn 3b. Een reeks koelies bezig met het transporteeren van grond, Europeana (Public Domain Mark 1.0).