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Robinson Deep mine

Robinson Deep mine, South Africa, mining gold.

Why Robinson Deep mine is famous

Deep-level mine on the Witwatersrand main reef near central Johannesburg. Only the coordinates are verified. SAHO lists a Robinson Mine in production by the end of 1887, but that is not shown to be this company.1

Timeline

  1. July 1886Gold found on the Witwatersrand2
  2. 1917Anglo American founded3

What kind of deposit

Quartz-pebble conglomerate gold-uranium (Witwatersrand type)

Robinson Deep mine today

Where gold is mined todayMining in South Africa

Where next

Events

Led toGold found on the WitwatersrandRead what happened near Robinson Deep mine: Gold found on the Witwatersrand.1Led toAnglo American foundedRead what happened near Robinson Deep mine: Anglo American founded.1

Places

Located inJohannesburgRobinson Deep mine is about 2 km from Johannesburg.1

Deposit types

An example ofQuartz-pebble conglomerate gold-uranium (Witwatersrand type)Robinson Deep mine belongs to the quartz-pebble conglomerate gold-uranium family of deposits.4

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q3437185 (Robinson Deep Mine) Wikidata (CC0)
  2. Discovery of the Gold in 1884 South African History Online
  3. 100 years of Anglo American
  4. Mineral Deposit Models (Bulletin 1693, Cox and Singer, eds., 1986) 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); Kimberley, South Africa: miners and washing gear at the Bultfontein diamond mine. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris., Harris, Robert, active 1881-1888. (Public Domain Mark 1.0).