Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3418AC222
Site Name
Geosite Hout Bay Manganese Mine Plaque
Site Category
References
Reference Types
Journal
Citation
Spargo (2010).The early mines of the Cape Peninsula. Kalk Bay Historical Association, Bulletin No. 14, pp. 1-37.
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
Post date
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 17:02
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 18:19
Location
Location
Mapping
-34.047165, 18.348389
Western Cape
- City of Cape Town
Gradings
Grading
Autoid
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Submitted by doug.cole on 24/10/2013 - 17:16.
Grading
Grade IIIb
Grading Date
GradingComment
Site comprises a plaque describing the abandoned manganese mine on the slopes of Constantiaberg on the eastern side of Hout Bay Grading by: DOUG COLE
Significance criteria
Significance Categories
Sphere of Significance
Local
Level
Medium
Statement of Significance
Hout Bay Manganese Mine worked between 1909 and 1911 when 5130 tons of manganese ore was removed and exported to Belgium. The manganese occurs in a narrow lode up to 1.14 metres wide and hosted by sandstone of the Ordovician Peninsula Formation. The lode trends northwest for 600 metres on the slopes of Constantiaberg and was mined using adits and shallow open-cast pits.
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